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Honghe

Syllables: Hong·he

Honghe proper noun: a Hani and Yao autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.

Proper noun

Honghe

  1. A Hani and Yao autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
    • 撤销红河哈尼族彝族自治州的六村办事处，设立绿春县，绿春县的行政区域包括原六村办事处的全部地区和元阳县的第六区及金平县的坪河乡，县人民委员会驻原六村。[1958 September 27 [1958 July 14], “"Changes in Delineation of Administrative Areas," dated April and May 1958 [1958年4、5月份行政区划变动情况（续前）]”, in Weekly Information Report on Communist China, number 227...
    • The Yi also share an autonomous chou, Hungho, and the adjoining Kiangcheng hsien with the Hani, one of the ethnic groups closely associated with the Yi proper.[1972, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 48
  2. A county of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.

Origin of Honghe

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅河 /红河 (Hónghé).

Questions about Honghe

What does Honghe mean?
Honghe means a Hani and Yao autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
What part of speech is Honghe?
Honghe is a proper noun.

Words near Honghe in the dictionary

  1. hongbaos
  2. HongCouver
  3. hongeohoe
  4. hongerblom
  5. Honggutan
  6. Honghe
  7. honghelin
  8. hongheloside
  9. honghelosides
  10. honghelotrioside
  11. Honghu

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