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Mandarin · pinyin Guó

surname Guo
Guo, a kinship group whose members held dukedoms within the Zhou Dynasty realm, including Western Guo 西虢國 Xī Guó guó and Eastern Guo 東虢國 Dōng Guó guó

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虢: guó · name of ancient feudal State in Shenxi and Hunan

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(historical) Name of several ancient feudal states that existed during the Western Zhou period (1050 to 770 B.C.E.) situated in modern-day Shaanxi and Hunan provinces and founded by relatives of the royal Ji family of the Zhou dynasty
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