Huai

See also: huai

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hwīʹ[1]
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Huai

  1. A major river in China, about midway between the Yellow River and Yangtze.
    • 1912 May, E. T. Williams, “Taxation in China”, in The Quarterly Journal of Economics[2], volume XXVI, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 503:
      In 1887, E. H. Parker,¹ writing upon this subject, reported the cost for the southern Huai region as having been formerly Tls. 4000 each, i.e. $2600, but as reduced to Tls. 3600 or $2,340.
    • 1983 January 14 [1982 October 1], “First Dual-Purpose Bridge Over Huaihe Completed”, in China Report: Economic Affairs[3], number 300, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page 114:
      It is located in the western suburb of Tianjiaan, Huainnan[sic – meaning Huainan] City, Anhui Province. Like a multi-colored band, it joins together the railroad and highway which cut across the north and south Huai regions.

References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Hwai River”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 818, column 3