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賓州
简 宾州 · 繁 賓州Mandarin · pinyin Bīn zhōu
Meanings
- Pennsylvania
- abbr. for 賓夕法尼亞州
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1–1 · Bin1 zhou1
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name · Etymology 1
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 賓夕法尼亞州／宾夕法尼亚州 (Bīnxīfǎníyà Zhōu): Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)
name · Etymology 2
- (historical) Bin Prefecture (a former prefecture of imperial China, located in modern Binyang, Nanning, Guangxi)
- (～鎮) Binzhou (a town in Binyang, Nanning, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
- (historical) Bin Prefecture (a former prefecture of imperial China, located near modern Nong'an, Changchun, Jilin)
- (～鎮) Binzhou (a town in Bin County, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)
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