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Kweisui

Syllables: Kwei·sui

Kweisui proper noun: former name of Hohhot.

Proper noun

Kweisui

  1. (historical) Former name of Hohhot.
    • Japan took advantage of Chinese defeats in Inner Mongolia. The southeastern portion of Chahar was converted into the autonomous state of South Chahar (Ch’a-nan), with headquarters at Kalgan. The autonomous state of North Shansi (Chin-pei) was carved out, with its capital at Tatung. The largest, the...1948, Thomas E. Ennis, edited by Walter Consuelo Langsam, Eastern Asia, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 434
    • Between Paotow and Kweisui in the northeastern corner of the Ordos Desert, hundreds of miles of irrigation canals were dug during the 1920’s with the hope of irrigating several hundred thousand acres. Large amounts of government and famine relief money were invested, and modern engineering works...1955, George B. Cressy, Land of the 500 Million; A Geography of China, McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., page 93

Examples of Kweisui in a sentence

  • The largest, the United Leagues of Mongolia, including all Suiyuan and most of Chahar, was administered from Kweisui.1948, Thomas E. Ennis, edited by Walter Consuelo Langsam, Eastern Asia, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 434:
  • Between Paotow and Kweisui in the northeastern corner of the Ordos Desert, hundreds of miles of irrigation canals were dug during the 1920’s with the hope of irrigating several hundred thousand acres.1955, George B. Cressy, Land of the 500 Million; A Geography of China, McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., page 93:
  • Varying estimates are made of its numerical strength, but it appears that there are now probably about 20,000 Muslims in the province, concentrated mainly in the cities of Paotow and Kweisui.1963, A. Doak Barnett, China on the Eve of Communist Takeover, Frederick A. Praeger, pages 198–199:

Forms of Kweisui

alternative formKuei-sui
alternative formGuisui

Origin of Kweisui

Borrowed from Mandarin 歸綏/归绥 (Guīsuí).

Questions about Kweisui

What does Kweisui mean?
Kweisui means former name of Hohhot.
How do you use Kweisui in a sentence?
The largest, the United Leagues of Mongolia, including all Suiyuan and most of Chahar, was administered from Kweisui.
What part of speech is Kweisui?
Kweisui is a proper noun.

Words near Kweisui in the dictionary

  1. kweens
  2. kweenz
  3. Kweichow
  4. Kweilin
  5. Kweiping
  6. Kweisui
  7. Kweiyang
  8. kwela
  9. kweng
  10. kwenged
  11. kwengs

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