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衡山

Mandarin · pinyin Héng Shān#

Mt Heng in Hunan, southern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽 Wǔ yuè
Hengshan county in Hengyang 衡陽 Héng yáng, Hunan

Mandarin · pinyin Héng shān#

see 衡山縣 Héng shān Xiàn

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衡: héng · measure, weigh, judge, consider
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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2–1 · Heng2 Shan1

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Mount Heng (in Hunan province)
(～縣) Hengshan (a county of Hengyang, Hunan, China)

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