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巴州

Mandarin · pinyin Bā zhōu

East Sichuan and Chongqing
also abbr. for Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang
abbr. for 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
州: zhōu · administrative division, state

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1–1 · Ba1 zhou1

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(～區) Bazhou (a district of Bazhong, Sichuan, China)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 巴音郭楞州 (Bāyīnguōléng Zhōu, “Bayingolin Prefecture”)

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