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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)

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Heavy rain was forecast on Monday for the provinces of Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the city of Shanghai.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Heavy precipitation is also expected to fall in Shanghai and parts of Fujian, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces through Monday afternoon, it said.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

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

To effect this, the old province of Kiangsan was divided into the modern Anhui and Kiangsu; Kansuh was carved out of Shensi; and Hukuang was separated into Hupeh and Hunan.

From China and the Manchus by Herbert Allen Giles

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