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崑崙

简昆仑 · 繁崑崙

Mandarin · pinyin Kūn lún

Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang

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昆: kūn · elder brother; descendants
仑: lún · logical reasons, logical order

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1–2 · Kun1 lun2

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name

(～山) Kunlun Mountains (a mountain range in the Xinjiang autonomous region, Qinghai and Tibet autonomous region in China)
(mythology) Kunlun (a mountain in Chinese mythology)
(～關) Kunlun Pass (a mountain pass in the Guangxi autonomous region, China)
(historical) an area including southern Indochina and Southeast Asian islands
(～島) Côn Sơn Island (an island of Vietnam)

noun

(historical) short for 崑崙奴／昆仑奴 (kūnlúnnú)
(by extension, obsolete) black people
(Taoism) head
(Classical) navel

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