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敘州

简叙州 · 繁敘州

Mandarin · pinyin Xù zhōu

see 敘州區 Xù zhōu Qū

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州: zhōu · administrative division, state
叙: xù · express, state, relate, narrate

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4–1 · Xu4 zhou1

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(historical) Xu Prefecture, a former subdivision of what is now Sichuan in China.
(historical) Xuzhou, the seat of the prefecture, now known as Yibin.

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