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Hui

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Hui  (hw) also Hwei (hw)
n. pl. Hui or Huis also Hwei or Hweis
A member of a Muslim people of northwest China, descended chiefly from the Han and an important minority of the Chinese population; a Chinese Muslim.

[Chinese (Mandarin) Huí.]

hui [hoo-ee]
Noun
NZ
1. a Maori social gathering
2. a meeting to discuss Maori matters
3. any party [Maori]
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A comparison of the ethnic composition ratio (5) with an average incidence from 1994 to 2001 showed a substantial difference between the Hui and Han nationalities in Yinchuan, Haiyuan, and Pengyang, and for Ningxia as a whole.
China's Ningxia Autonomous Region, home to a third of the Muslim Hui minority people, now has 30 female imams, according to a report in the People's Daily.
Hui reportedly acquired eMachines in 2001 for $161 million.
 
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