Wei
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Wei
- (historical) An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
- (historical) Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
- (historical) A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.
- 1979, Kuo-ch'ing Tu, William Schultz, editor, Li Ho, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59:
- After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.
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German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German wei, from Old Saxon *hwei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwai.
Derived terms
- Keeswei
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German wīhī. Cognate with German Weihe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɑɪ̯/
- Rhymes: -ɑɪ
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