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灤州

简滦州 · 繁灤州

Mandarin · pinyin Luán zhōu

see 灤州市 Luán zhōu Shì

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州: zhōu · administrative division, state
滦: luán · river and county in Hebei province

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2–1 · Luan2 zhou1

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(～市) Luanzhou (a county-level city of Tangshan, Hebei, China)
(historical) Luan Prefecture (a former prefecture in modern-day Tangshan, Hebei, China)

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