Ho-fei

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Hefei. alt-of, alternative

    "In 1926 he left the school and returned to Shanghai. The Northern Expedition (of the Nationalist Revolution) had already begun. Nieh was sent back to Anhui, to the town of Ho-fei."

Example

More examples

"In 1926 he left the school and returned to Shanghai. The Northern Expedition (of the Nationalist Revolution) had already begun. Nieh was sent back to Anhui, to the town of Ho-fei."

Etymology

From Mandarin 合肥 (Héféi), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-fei².

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