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沅

Mandarin · pinyin Yuán

Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

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沅: yuán · name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake

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(～江) Yuan River in Hunan province
(～州) name of prefecture during the reign of Wu Zetian

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