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淮南

Mandarin · pinyin Huái nán

region south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, esp. central Anhui Province
see 淮南市 Huái nán Shì

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淮: huái · river in Anhui province
南: nán · south; southern part; southward

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2–2 · Huai2 nan2

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(～市) Huainan (a prefecture-level city of Anhui, China)
(historical) Huainan, a principality under the Han dynasty
(archaic) the lands south of the Huai River but north of the Yangtze, generally

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