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鎬京

简镐京 · 繁鎬京

Mandarin · pinyin Hào jīng

Haojing (in modern Shaanxi, northwest of Chang'an county), capital of Western Zhou from c. 1050 BC

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京: jīng · capital city
镐: gǎo · stove; bright

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name

(historical) Hao (a former capital of China under the Zhou Dynasty, now within Xi'an, Shaanxi.)

noun

(literary) capital city (of a country)

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