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嶺南
简 岭南 · 繁 嶺南Mandarin · pinyin Lǐng nán
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- south of the five ranges
- old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
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3–2 · Ling3 nan2
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ling5 naam4
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name
- Lingnan (a geographic region of China south of the Nanling Mountains, covering the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan as well as modern northern Vietnam)
- Yeongnam (a geographic region equivalent to modern southeastern South Korea, synonymous with Gyeongsang Province, one of the traditional Eight Provinces of Korea)
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