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Yihewani

/ˌji.hɛˈwɑː.ni/

Yihewani proper noun: an Islamic sect in China.

Proper noun

Yihewani

  1. an Islamic sect in China
    • In Shizuishan, Ningxia's northernmost city, there was only one mainly Yihewani mosque before 1949, later destroyed in 1966.1991, Dru C. Gladney, Muslim Chinese, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 162

Origin of Yihewani

From Mandarin 伊赫瓦尼.

Questions about Yihewani

What does Yihewani mean?
Yihewani means an Islamic sect in China.
What part of speech is Yihewani?
Yihewani is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Yihewani?
Yihewani is pronounced /ˌji.hɛˈwɑː.ni/.

Words near Yihewani in the dictionary

  1. YIG
  2. YIGBY
  3. yigh
  4. Yigo
  5. YIHAT
  6. Yihewani
  7. yiish
  8. Yijiang
  9. Yijun
  10. yike
  11. yiked

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