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北山

Mandarin · pinyin Běi shān

northern mountain
refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan

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北: běi · north; northern; northward
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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3–1 · Bei3 shan1

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(～王國) Hokuzan (a former kingdom on Okinawa, Japan)
(～文化) Bắc Sơn culture (in Vietnam)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Chuanying district, Jilin, Jilin, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Yanji, Yanbian, Jilin, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Xiangyang district, Hegang, Heilongjiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Lingdong district, Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Xinxing district, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Aimin district, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Xihu district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
(～街道) Beishan (a subdistrict of Macun district, Jiaozuo, Henan, China)
(～鎮) Beishan (a town in Qingtian, Lishui, Zhejiang, China)
(～鎮) Beishan (a town in Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, China)
(～鎮) Beishan (a town in Longhui, Shaoyang, Hunan, China)
(～鎮) Beishan (a town in Yizhou district, Hechi, Guizhou, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Suibin, Hegang, Heilongjiang, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Duchang, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Dazhou district, Dazhou, Sichuan, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Xide, Liangshan, Sichuan, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Minhe, Haidong, Qinghai, China)
(～鄉) Beishan (a township in Menyuan, Haibei, Qinghai, China)
(～村) Kitayama (a village in Higashimuro district, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Japan)
(～村) Beishan (a village in Bo'ao, Qionghai, Hainan, China)
(～村) (historical) Beishan (a village in Lingshanwei, Huangdao district, Qingdao, Shandong, China)
(～村) Beishan (a village in Guoxing, Nantou County, Taiwan)
alternate name for Purple Mountain (a mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)
alternate name for Bagong Mountain (a mountain in Bagongshan district, Huainan, Anhui, China)

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