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山形

Mandarin · pinyin Shān xíng

Yamagata (prefecture and city in Japan)

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山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
形: xíng · form, shape, appearance

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noun · Etymology 1

topography of a mountain; features of a mountain

name · Etymology 2

(～縣) Yamagata (a prefecture of Japan)
(～市) Yamagata (a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 山形, Yamagata

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