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敦煌

Mandarin · pinyin Dūn huáng

see 敦煌市 Dūn huáng Shì

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敦: dūn · esteem; honest, candid, sincere
煌: huáng · bright, shining, luminous

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1–2 · Dun1 huang2

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(～市) Dunhuang (a county-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China)
(historical) (～郡) Dunhuang (an ancient commandery in modern Gansu, China)
(historical) (～國) short for 西漢敦煌國 /西汉敦煌国 (Xī Hàn Dūnhuángguó), Dunhuang (a former kingdom in Gansu, China, during the early 10th century)
(～縣) (historical) Dunhuang (a county of Jiuquan, Gansu, China)

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