"HRD" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} HRD
  1. Initialism of Huanghe River Delta (= Yellow River Delta): a geographic region of China, on the Yellow River/Huanghe, at its delta regions by the Shandong Peninsula, on the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, marginal seas of the Pacific Ocean. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Huanghe River Delta (extra: (= Yellow River Delta): a geographic region of China, on the Yellow River/Huanghe, at its delta regions by the Shandong Peninsula, on the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, marginal seas of the Pacific Ocean) Categories (place): Places in China Coordinate_terms: delta, Huang He, Huanghe, Huanghe River, Huang He River, PRD (english: Pearl River Delta), Yellow, Yellow River, YRD (english: Yangtze River Delta)
    Sense id: en-HRD-en-name-yTzvRkI3 Categories (other): Abbreviations of places, Geographic and cultural areas of China, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 25 29 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 49 22 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 22 34

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} HRD
  1. (materials science) Abbreviation of hardness on Rockwell scale D. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: hardness on Rockwell scale D
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