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荊州

简荆州 · 繁荊州

Mandarin · pinyin Jīng zhōu

see 荊州市 Jīng zhōu Shì
see 荊州區 Jīng zhōu Qū

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州: zhōu · administrative division, state
荆: jīng · thorns; brambles; my wife; cane

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1–1 · Jing1 zhou1

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(～市) Jingzhou (a prefecture-level city of Hubei, China)
(～區) Jingzhou (a district of Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
(～經濟技術開發區) Jingzhou (an economic and technological development zone in Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
(historical) Jing Province (one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China)
(～鄉) Jingzhou (a township in Jixi, Xuancheng, Anhui, China)

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