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Anhui

American  
[ahn-hwee] / ˈɑnˈʰwi /
Older Spelling, Anhwei

noun

Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
  1. a province in E China. 54,015 sq. mi. (139,899 sq. km). Hefei.


Anhui British  
/ ˈænˈweɪ /

noun

  1. a province of E China, crossed by the Yangtze River. Capital: Hefei. Pop: 64 100 000 (2003 est). Area: 139 860 sq km (54 000 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A team from Oregon Health & Science University and Anhui University in China studied mice and found that increasing serotonin levels in the brain also increased behaviors associated with tinnitus.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026

Chinese companies marketing magnets free of the regulated heavy rare earths include Yonjumag, Anhui Hanhai New Material, Zhaobao Magnet and X-Mag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

In Lu’an, a fourth-tier city in Anhui Province, young couples recently picked up a “smart-kitchen” appliance package via a livestream promotion from a national brand—a category seeing double-digit growth in these markets.

From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2025

Born in 1922 in China's eastern Anhui province, he was the oldest of five children and raised on the campus of Tsinghua University where his father was a professor of mathematics.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2025

The first half of his existence was passed in comparative obscurity at Hofei in Anhui, a region remote from contact with foreign nations.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by John Lord

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