"Anhui" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɑːnˈhweɪ/
Etymology: From Mandarin 安徽 (Ānhuī). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|安徽}} Mandarin 安徽 (Ānhuī) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Anhui
  1. A province in eastern China. Capital: Hefei. Wikipedia link: Anhui Categories (place): Anhui, Places in China, Provinces of China Related terms (Autonomous regions): Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang Related terms (Municipalities): Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing Related terms (Provinces): Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan · Yunnan · Zhejiang (english: claimed) Related terms (Special administrative regions): Hong Kong · Macau Translations (province of China): آنْهُوي (ʔanhūy) [masculine] (Arabic), آنْخْوي (ʔanḵūy) [masculine] (Arabic), Անհոյ (Anhoy) (Armenian), 安徽 (on¹ fai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 安徽 (Ānhuī) (Chinese Mandarin), An-chuej (Czech), ანხოი (anxoi) (Georgian), Ανχουέι (Anchouéi) (Greek), Anhuj (Hungarian), 安徽 (Anki) (alt: あんき) (Japanese), 안후이 (anhu'i) (Korean), 안휘 (anhwi) (Korean), Aņhui (Latvian), Anhujus (Lithuanian), ᠠᠨ ᡥᡡᡳ (an hūi) (Manchu), Anhui [feminine] (Portuguese), Аньхо́й (Anʹxój) (english: official) [masculine] (Russian), Аньхуэ́й (Anʹxuéj) [masculine] (Russian), Аньху́й (Anʹxúj) [masculine] (Russian), Anhui [neuter] (Swedish), Anhwei [neuter] (Swedish), อานฮุย (Thai), ཨན་ཧུའེ་ཞིང་ཆེན (an hu'e zhing chen) (Tibetan), An Huy (Vietnamese), Anhveih (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-Anhui-en-name-jFucjUoQ Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: Ngan-hwei, Nganhwei, Ngan-hwuei, Nganhwuei, Gan-hwuy, Ganhwuy, Ngan-hui, Nganhui, Nganhuei, Anhuei, An-hwei, Anhwei, An-hui (alt: Wade–Giles)

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "official",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Anʹxój",
      "sense": "province of China",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Аньхо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Anʹxuéj",
      "sense": "province of China",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Аньхуэ́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Anʹxúj",
      "sense": "province of China",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Аньху́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "province of China",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Anhui"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "province of China",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Anhwei"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "province of China",
      "word": "อานฮุย"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "an hu'e zhing chen",
      "sense": "province of China",
      "word": "ཨན་ཧུའེ་ཞིང་ཆེན"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "province of China",
      "word": "An Huy"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "province of China",
      "word": "Anhveih"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Anhui"
}

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