nganhwei
/(ə)ŋɑnˈhweɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Early Thursday morning we passed the fine old city of Ngankin, the capital of Nganhwui province, which we entered, not far from it."
- "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)."
- "Nganhwei, crossed by the Yang-tse, has a diversity of relief, climate and products."
Etymology
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