- a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Hefei
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Ho•fei
(Chin. hu′fā′),USA pronunciation n. [Wade-Giles.]
- Place NamesHefei.
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He•fei
(hœ′fā′),USA pronunciation n. [Pinyin.]
- Place Namesa city in and the capital of Anhui province, in E China. 400,000.
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a city in SE China, capital of Anhui province: administrative and commercial centre in a rice- and cotton-growing region. Pop: 1 320 000 (2005 est)
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