Huayuan

Hua·yuan
H4U1A1Y4U1A1N1

proper noun

A county of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

Huayuan1

proper noun

alternative Hwayüan · alternative Hua-yüan

  1. A county of Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China.

Huayuan2

proper noun

alternative Hwayüan · alternative Hua-yüan

  1. A town in Xiaochang, Xiaogan, Hubei, China.

    On the night of the 27th they took Changsha and occupied Nanchang on July 30. Meanwhile, the Communists in northern Hubei blocked the Beiping-Hankou Railway at Huayuan town and advanced further to take Xiaogan.

    2020 [1930 August 4], Yinan (金一南) Jin, Misery and Glory: The Long March and Its Antecedents, Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://www.google.com/books/edition/苦难辉煌_英文/yKIwEAAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PT215
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    By October the 24th, headquarters had passed from Huayuan to Hsiaokan, only 45 miles from Hankow, and in a telegram dated from that place on October 25th it was announced by General Yin Ch'ang that the main body of the Imperialists had moved forward to Niehkow, some six or seven miles from Kilometre Ten, and that he himself was following.

    1912, Percy Horace Kent, “The Struggle for Hankow”, in The Passing of the Manchus, Longmans, Green & Co., →OCLC, page 135

    The Hupeh provincial authorities have recently completed the construction of a highway from Siangyang to Shasi, a distance of approximately 200 miles; an extension from Siangyang to Tsaoyang has been completed, and this road is being extended through to Huayuan on the Peking-Hankow Raihvay, a total distance of 170 miles.

    1926, Julean Arnold, China: a Commercial and Industrial Handbook, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 441

Origin

Huayuan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin花垣
  2. EnglishHuayuan

From the Mandarin 花垣 (Huāyuán).

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Huayuan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin花園 /花园
  2. EnglishHuayuan

From the Mandarin 花園 /花园 (Huāyuán).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 花垣, 花園 /花园
  • 花垣 (faa¹ wun⁴)county
  • 花園 /花园town in central China
Chinese Mandarin 花垣, 花園 /花园
  • 花垣 (Huāyuán)county
  • 花園 /花园 (Huāyuán)town in central China
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Huayuan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huayuan

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

Chicago

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