Hwai

See also: hwai

English

Proper noun

Hwai

  1. Alternative form of Huai (“Chinese river”).
    • 1911 May 13 [1911 March 20], M. Kennelly, S.J., “Famine Conditions in North Kiangsu”, in America: A Catholic Review of the Week, volume V, number 5, sourced from SHANGHAI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 108, column 2:
      The Hwai River, already mentioned when speaking of Anhwei province, pours its waters to-day into the same Hungtse Lake through which the Yellow River formerly flowed. The lake is connected on the northeast with the Grand Canal, while to the southeast lies another vast expanse of water, all of which are a standing menace to the country.
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