Nganhwei

N1G2A1N1H4W4E1I1
/(ə)ŋɑnˈhweɪ//nɑn-/

A form of Anhui — A province in eastern China. Capital: Hefei.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativedatedAlternative form of Anhui.

    Nganhwei, crossed by the Yang-tse, has a diversity of relief, climate and products.

    1932, Joseph Martin, “Yang-tse-kiang Basin”, in A Geography of Asia, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, pages 196–197
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    A literary official of high repute for scholarship, Chu Yün* by name, at that time filling the office of Literary Chancellor of the province of Nganhwei, memorialized the throne, calling attention to the manuscript collection known as the Yung Loh Ta Tien which was stored up in the Han-lin college at Peking,* and which comprised a great number of ancient works unknown to the world at that day.

    1878, “Bibliography of the Chinese Imperial Collections of Literature”, in The China Review, volume VI, Hongkong, The Sze K'u Ts'üan Shu, page 292

    Early Thursday morning we passed the fine old city of Ngankin, the capital of Nganhwui province, which we entered, not far from it.

    [1895, Helen S. Coan Nevius, “Trip Up the Yang-tse-kiang”, in The Life of John Livingston Nevius: For Forty Years a Missionary in China, Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 252

    Among the Buddhas here described is Ti-tsang-wang 地藏王, or Kshitigarbha (4)....In China, however, and especially in Nganhwei 安徽, he is held to be the Over-Lord of hell, while Yama, with his 10 judges, holds a subordinate position under him (2). His principal shrine is at Kiu-hwa-shan 九華山, one of a high range of mountains situated on the Southern bank of the Yangtze River, a little West of Ch'i-chow-fu 池州府, in Nganhwei province (3).

    1922, Henri Doré, translated by M. Kennelly, Researches into Chinese Superstitions, volume VII, page II-III

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