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勃艮第

Mandarin · pinyin Bó gèn dì

Burgundy (Bourgogne), a medieval kingdom and later a powerful duchy, now a region of France

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勃: bó · suddenly, sudden, quick
艮: gěn · Kangxi radical 138; trigram ☶; hexagram ䷳
第: dì · sequence, number; grade, degree

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2–4–4 · Bo2 gen4 di4

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Burgundy (a historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
(～公國) (historical) Burgundy (an early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands)

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