Hwaian

English

Etymology

The postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 淮安 (Huái'ān).

Proper noun

Hwaian

1. Alternative form of Huai'an
   • December 2010, John Pollock, A Foreign Devil in China, World Wide Publications, →ISBN, page 41:

     In the spring of 1917 Nelson knew enough Chinese to take the big clinic at the larger, rich city of Hwaian, ten miles south on the Grand Canal.

Anagrams

• haniwa