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Huangmei

Syllables: Huang·mei

Huangmei proper noun: a county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

Proper noun

Huangmei

  1. A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
    • Hoangcheu commands over nine Cities, as Hoangcheu, Lotien, Maching, Hoangpi, Hoanggan, Kixui, Ki, Hoangmui, Hoangci.[1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of...
    • As observed in the Huangmei district in south-eastern Hupeh, the Rhaetic sandstones and shales with their characteristic purple colour directly overlie the Lower Permian limestone and Silurian shale.1918, J. S. Lee, The Geology of China, University of Birmingham, →OCLC, page 305
  2. A town in Huangmei, Huanggang, Hubei, China.

Forms of Huangmei

alternative formHwangmei
alternative formHuang-mei

Origin of Huangmei

From Mandarin 黃梅 /黄梅 (Huángméi).

Questions about Huangmei

What does Huangmei mean?
Huangmei means a county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
What part of speech is Huangmei?
Huangmei is a proper noun.

Words near Huangmei in the dictionary

  1. huangjiu
  2. Huangkang
  3. Huangling
  4. Huanglong
  5. huanglongbing
  6. Huangmei
  7. Huangnan
  8. Huangpi
  9. Huangping
  10. Huangpu
  11. Huangqi

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