Hebei

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 河北 (Héběi, literally “north [of the] river[1]”) referring to the Yellow River.

Proper noun

Hebei

  1. A province in northern China. Capital: Shijiazhuang.

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References
  1. Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Hunan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 98-071262, OCLC 164337564, page 1257, column 2: “Hebei (HUH-bai) [Chin.=N of the river]”
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