Huainan
Syllables: Huai·nan
Huainan proper noun: a prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
Proper noun
Huainan
- A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
- 1319 Great fire at Yang 揚 chou ; over 23,300 official and private houses were burnt. All the roads in Shantung and Huainan were flooded.1902, Ernst Faber, Chronological Handbook of the History of China, →OCLC, page 185
- After reporting one positive case, Huainan, a city of nearly 3.5 million people in Anhui province that borders Shanghai, ordered residents not to leave unless they can provide a negative test result taken within the past 48 hours.2022 March 27, Luna Sun, “Private industrial enterprises in China see profits fall in first two months of the year”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar...
- A principality between the Huai and Yangtze rivers during the Han Dynasty.
- The region of China between the Huai and Yangtze rivers generally.
Huainan meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese
Huainan in Arabic
- a city of China
- خْوَايْنَان ḵwaynān, هْوَايْنَان hwaynān
Huainan in Vietnamese
- a city of China
- Hoài Nam
Forms of Huainan
| alternative form | Huai-nan |
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Origin of Huainan
From the Mandarin 淮南 (Huáinán, “land[s] south of the Huai River”).
Questions about Huainan
- What does Huainan mean?
- Huainan means a prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
- What is Huainan in Arabic?
- Huainan in Arabic is خْوَايْنَان (ḵwaynān), هْوَايْنَان (hwaynān). See Huainan meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is Huainan?
- Huainan is a proper noun.
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