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廣陵

简广陵 · 繁廣陵

Mandarin · pinyin Guǎng líng

see 廣陵區 Guǎng líng Qū

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陵: líng · hill, mound; mausoleum
广: guǎng · wide, extensive, broad; rad. 53

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3–2 · Guang3 ling2

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(history) (～郡, formerly ～國) Guangling (a former commandery of imperial China that existed between 121 BCE and 583 CE, corresponding to the modern-day prefecture-level city of Yangzhou)
(history) (～縣) Guangling (a settlement established by King Huai of Chu in 319 BCE, and a former county of imperial China that existed between the Qin dynasty and 598 CE, corresponding to modern-day Yangzhou)
(～區) Guangling (a district of Yangzhou, China)

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