Yima

See also: yímā and Yìmǎ

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 義馬／义马 (Yìmǎ).

Proper noun

Yima

1. A county-level city in Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
   • 1988, “Sex and Age Composition of China's Population”, in New China's Population‎^[1], Macmillan Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 112, column 2:

     On the mainland, Yima city, a coal-mining center in central China’s Henan Province, had the highest sex ratio of 153.18 among China’s cities, while Tumeng^{[sic – meaning Tumen]} city in Jilin Province had the lowest sex ratio of 99.15.

   • 2019 July 19, “At least 10 killed in explosion at gas factory in central China”, in CBS News‎^[2], archived from the original on 20 July 2019‎^[3]:

     The Friday evening explosion in Yima city in Henan province shattered windows 1.9 miles away and knocked off doors inside buildings, Chinese state media reports said. Yima is part of Sanmenxia city.

   • 2019 July 20, Jane Perlez, “Gas Plant Explosion in Central China Kills at Least 10”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-07-20, ASIA PACIFIC‎^[5]:

     The explosion on Friday evening, in the city of Yima in Henan Province, sent a ball of fire and thick plumes of smoke into the air, according to local state media.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 義馬／义马 (zh) (Yìmǎ)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yima”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3528, column 2

Anagrams

• Yami, miya, Miya, IYAM