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📚 name • entry_id 46605

Yunnan

/juː(n)ˈnɑːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
Yunnan
A province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. Capital: Kunming.
I did not meet a single Chinese between Chê-to and Li-chiang in Yunnan¹- a journey that occupied about a month- and the Chinese language was entirely unknown.
Of the eighteen provinces into which China Proper is divided, Yunnan lies farthest to the south-west. It is a mountainous country, rich in mineral products, and, up to the date of…
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