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巴蜀

Mandarin · pinyin Bā shǔ

Sichuan
originally two provinces of Qin and Han

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
蜀: shǔ · one of the Three Kingdoms, established by Liu Bei

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1–3 · Ba1 shu3

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name · Etymology 1

(historical) the kingdoms of Ba (巴) and Shu (蜀) which existed within the Sichuan Basin (?–c. 316 BCE)
(by extension) the area of the Sichuan Basin, covered by modern-day Sichuan province and city of Chongqing

name · Etymology 2

(～府) Prachuap Khiri Khan (a province of Thailand)

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