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荊州

jīng zhōu·ㄐㄧㄥㄓㄡ

“a historical region of ancient China; a prefecture in Hubei; a strategic area in the middle Yangtze during the Three Kingdoms period.”

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jīng·ㄐㄧㄥ

A thorny shrub, like the chaste tree; a whip made of such wood used as a punishment cane; an ancient state or province; a humble term for one's wife; a surname.

An administrative division; a province or prefecture in China; a state in the US; a canton in Switzerland; also a surname.