Huainan

English

Alternative forms

Huai-nan

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 淮南 (“land[s] south of the Huai River”).

Proper noun

Huainan

A prefecture-level city in Anhui Province, China.
(China, historical) A principality between the Huai and Yangtze rivers during the Han Dynasty.
(China) The region of China between the Huai and Yangtze rivers generally.

Translations

a city of China

Arabic: خْوَايْنَان‎‎ m (ḵwaynān), هْوَايْنَان‎‎ m (hwaynān)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 淮南 (zh) (Huáinán)
Japanese: 淮南 (わいなん, Wainan)

Korean: 화이난 (Hwainan)
Russian: Хуайна́нь m (Xuajnánʹ)
Vietnamese: Hoài Nam

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