English Explanatory Dictionary

Rehe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river near Chengde, Hebei, China.
  2. A former name of Chengde, China.
  3. A former province of China around Chengde.

Pronunciation

rŭ′hŭ′

Word forms

Rehe

Etymology

From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 熱河 /热河 (Rèhé, “Hot Creek”), from a nearby river that did not typically freeze over during the winters.

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