Huai

Proper noun

Huai

1. A major river in China, about midway between the Yellow River and Yangtze.
   • In 1887, E. H. Parker,¹ writing upon this subject, reported the cost for the southern Huai region as having been formerly Tls. 4000 each, i.e. $2600, but as reduced to Tls. 3600 or $2,340.1912 May, E. T. Williams, “Taxation in China”, in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, volume XXVI, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 503
   • It is located in the western suburb of Tianjiaan, Huainnan^([sic – meaning Huainan]) City, Anhui Province. Like a multi-colored band, it joins together the railroad and highway which cut across the north and south Huai regions.1983 January 14 [1982 October 1], “First Dual-Purpose Bridge Over Huaihe Completed”, in China Report: Economic Affairs, number 300, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 114