Huainan

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  1. 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."

  2. 2
    A principality between the Huai and Yangtze rivers during the Han Dynasty. China, historical
  3. 3
    The region of China between the Huai and Yangtze rivers generally. China

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"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."

Etymology

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

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huai river

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