Wei
Wei (wā), river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in SE Gansu prov. and flowing E through Gansu and Shaanxi provs. to the Huang He. Its wide, alluvial valley was the site of some of the earliest centers of Chinese civilization (such as the Chou dynasty, 1027-256 B.C.) and is now the agricultural and population center of Shaanxi prov. Cotton, wheat, millet, and fruits are extensively grown.
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Name of several Chinese dynasties ruling from A.D. 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
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The term Wei may refer to:
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States
- Wey (state), Wei in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the Warring States state
- Wei (state), one the seven major states of the Warring States Period
- Cao Wei (220–265), during the Three Kingdoms Period
- Northern Wei (386–535), during Southern and Northern Dynasties
- Wei (Dingling) (388–392), state of Dingling ethnicity in China
People
- Wei (surname), Chinese family name
- Wei (given name), different variations of Chinese given names
In fiction
- "Wei Empire" - a fictional state and planetary romance of Yulia Latynina, consisting of 5 novels and 2 short stories
Other
- Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classic Texts
- Wei (rank), a company-grade officer in Chinese armed forces.
- Wei River, a main tributary to the Yellow River
- Wei County, Handan (魏县), in Hebei, China
- Wei County, Xingtai (威县), in Hebei, China
- Wei, a star otherwise known as Epsilon Scorpii
The acronym WEI may also refer to:
- Wau Ecology Institute
- The Windows Experience Index reported by the Windows System Assessment Tool, a measure of the user-perceived performance of a computer running Microsoft Windows.
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