English Explanatory Dictionary

Huainan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
  2. A principality between the Huai and Yangtze rivers during the Han Dynasty.
  3. The region of China between the Huai and Yangtze rivers generally.

Pronunciation

hwīʹnänʹ

Word forms

Huainan Huai-nan

Etymology

From the Mandarin 淮南 (Huáinán, “land[s] south of the Huai River”).

Translations

Arabic: خْوَايْنَان Arabic: هْوَايْنَان Chinese Mandarin: 淮南 Hungarian: Huajnan Japanese: 淮南 Korean: 화이난 Russian: Хуайна́нь Vietnamese: Hoài Nam
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