Huainan

Huai·nan
H4U1A1I1N1A1N1

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Huai-nan

  1. A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.

    1319 Great fire at Yang 揚 chou ; over 23,300 official and private houses were burnt. All the roads in Shantung and Huainan were flooded.

    1902, Ernst Faber, Chronological Handbook of the History of China, →OCLC, page 185
    2 more examples

    After reporting one positive case, Huainan, a city of nearly 3.5 million people in Anhui province that borders Shanghai, ordered residents not to leave unless they can provide a negative test result taken within the past 48 hours.

    2022 March 27, Luna Sun, “Private industrial enterprises in China see profits fall in first two months of the year”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2022, China Economy

    Huainan, a city in Anhui Province, ordered banks to extend more money and shorten loan approval times, as well as lower the mortgage rates and down payment requirements for first-time buyers.

    2022 June 20, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Joy Dong, “China’s Once-Sizzling Property Market Has Started to Cool”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2022, Business
  2. ChinahistoricalA principality between the Huai and Yangtze rivers during the Han Dynasty.
  3. ChinaThe region of China between the Huai and Yangtze rivers generally.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Mandarin淮南“land[s] south of the Huai River”
  2. EnglishHuainan

From the Mandarin 淮南 (Huáinán, “land[s] south of the Huai River”).

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Translations

Arabic خْوَايْنَان, هْوَايْنَان
  • خْوَايْنَان (ḵwaynān)a city of China
  • هْوَايْنَان (hwaynān)a city of China
Chinese Cantonese 淮南
  • 淮南 (waai⁴ naam⁴)a city of China
Chinese Mandarin 淮南
  • 淮南 (Huáinán)a city of China
Hungarian Huajnan
  • Huajnana city of China
Japanese 淮南
  • 淮南 (Wainan)a city of China
Korean 화이난
  • 화이난 (Hwainan)a city of China
Russian Хуайна́нь
  • Хуайна́нь (Xuajnánʹ)a city of China
Vietnamese Hoài Nam
  • Hoài Nama city of China
Cite this entry
APA

Huainan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huainan

MLA

“Huainan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huainan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Huainan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huainan.

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