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晉州

简晋州 · 繁晉州

Mandarin · pinyin Jìn zhōu

see 晉州市 Jìn zhōu Shì
Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty in 528, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市 Lín fén Shì in Shanxi

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州: zhōu · administrative division, state
晋: jìn · advance, increase; promote

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4–1 · Jin4 zhou1

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(～市) Jinzhou (a county-level city of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)
(～市) Jinju (a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)

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