Rehe
See also: Rèhé
English
Etymology
From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 熱河 / 热河 (Rèhé, “Hot Creek”), from a nearby river that did not typically freeze over during the winters.
Pronunciation
- enPR: rŭ′hŭ′[2]
- Hyphenation: Re‧he
Proper noun
Rehe
- A river near Chengde, Hebei, China.
- (historical) A former name of Chengde, China.
- (historical) A former province of China around Chengde.
References
- ^ Blunden, Caroline (1998), “Gazetteer”, in Cultural Atlas of China[1], Revised edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 232, 235: “Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription. […] Rehe/Je-ho 40°53′N 118°01′E, 32, 33, 150”
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Jehol”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[2], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 876, column 1: “Jehol (ju̇hōl′), Chinese Jeho (rŭ′hŭ′), […]”
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Rehe n pl
- nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Reh (“roe”)