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Huizhou

Syllables: Hui·zhou

Huizhou proper noun: a prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China.

Proper noun (1)

Huizhou

  1. A prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China.
    • Whenever Ch'en Chiung-ming, still at large in the East River uplands, would move on Canton, Liu and Yang would requisition from Sun a sum of 10,000 silver yuan* for the defense of Canton, or C$100,000 to force Ch'en back up the East River to Huichou.[1976, Donald A. Jordan, “Building the Model”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6
    Synonyms:
    Waichow

Proper noun (2)

Huizhou

  1. (historical) A region in modern-day Anhui, in southeastern China.
    • Xidi, a village in China’s Huizhou region of Anhui Province, dates back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.2012 March 29, Gilles Sabrie, “In Rural China, a Preserved Dynastic Village”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2012

Noun

Huizhou (uncountable)

  1. A group of varieties of Chinese spoken in and around the region of Huizhou.

Huizhou meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

Huizhou in Arabic

a city of China
خُويْجُو ḵuyjū, هُويْجُو huyjū

Huizhou in Vietnamese

a city of China
Huệ Châu

Synonyms of Huizhou

Forms of Huizhou

alternative formHui-chou

Origin of Huizhou

Borrowed c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 惠州 (Huìzhōu).

c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 徽州 (Huīzhōu).

Questions about Huizhou

What does Huizhou mean?
Huizhou means a prefecture-level city in southeastern Guangdong, China.
What is Huizhou in Arabic?
Huizhou in Arabic is خُويْجُو (ḵuyjū), هُويْجُو (huyjū). See Huizhou meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Huizhou?
Huizhou can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Huizhou in the dictionary

  1. Huizar
  2. Huizars
  3. Huizen
  4. Huizenga
  5. Huizengas
  6. Huizhou
  7. Huizinga
  8. Huizingas
  9. Huizúcar
  10. hujra
  11. hujras

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