Huaibei
See also: Huáiběi
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Huaipei, Huai-pei
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 淮北 (Huáiběi).
Proper noun
Huaibei
- A prefecture-level city in northern Anhui, China.
- [1964, Jen, Yu-ti (任育地), “The Middle and Lower Yellow River Region”, in A Concise Geography of China (中国地理概述), Peking: Foreign Languages Press, OCLC 799178199, page 122:
- The Yangtse and Huai Rivers cut through Anhwei, dividing it into three areas from north to south — Huaipei, Huainan and Wannan.
The greater part of Huaipei, the area north of the Huai, consists of plain less than 50 metres above sea level. In the past it was almost all dry land, growing mainly wheat and sweet potatoes.]
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Translations
a prefecture-level city in eastern China
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huaibei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 98-071262, OCLC 164337564, page 1320, column 2
- “Huaibei, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Huaibei at OneLook Dictionary Search