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Sanhe

Syllables: San·he

Sanhe proper noun: a county-level city of Langfang, Hebei, China.

Proper noun (1)

Sanhe

  1. A county-level city of Langfang, Hebei, China.
    • In the country, the counties of San-ho, Huai-jou, Pao-ti, to the north and east of Peking, are also understood to be distinctively Presbyterian ground. San-ho County alone is said to have 1,200 towns and villages, while the other counties are also very populous.[1904, Arthur Judson Brown, “Comity and Cooperation”, in New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening, 2nd edition, Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 293
    • The German crew, working for the broadcaster ARD, said the episode took place in Sanhe, a city in Hebei Province, roughly 30 miles east of Beijing.2013 February 28, Andrew Jacobs, “China: German Journalists Say They Were Assaulted for Filming”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2013, Asia Pacific

Proper noun (2)

Sanhe

  1. A town in Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China.
  2. A village in Sanhe, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China.
  3. A village in Dongjin, Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.

Forms of Sanhe

alternative formSan-ho
alternative formSanho

Origin of Sanhe

From Mandarin 三河 (Sānhé).

From Mandarin 三合 (Sānhé).

Questions about Sanhe

What does Sanhe mean?
Sanhe means a county-level city of Langfang, Hebei, China.
What part of speech is Sanhe?
Sanhe is a proper noun.

Words near Sanhe in the dictionary

  1. sangza
  2. Sangzhi
  3. Sanhadja
  4. Sanhaja
  5. Sanhaja de Srair
  6. Sanhe
  7. sanhedrim
  8. Sanhedrin
  9. Sanhedrins
  10. Sanhedrist
  11. Sanhedrists

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