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Jae
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A en given name
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A en given name
Jin
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(geography) A river (晉水) in Shanxi Province, China, emptying into the Fen River.
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(historical, geography) A marchland (c. 1046–677 BC) and duchy (677–376 BC) of the Zhou Kingdom around the river.
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A Chinese and Korean surname.
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(historical) A titular principality of the Wei Empire (est. AD 264) and other later Chinese states.
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(historical, geography) An empire in China (AD 265–420) established by Sima Yan's overthrow of the Wei and replaced by barbarian conquerors in the north and Liu Yu's Song Empire in the south.
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(historical) }: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
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(historical, chiefly, _, Chinese, _, contexts) The late 3rd to early 5th century, the era during which the Sima clan were the legitimate emperors of China.
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(geography) A river (晉江) in Quanzhou Municipality, Fujian, emptying into the Taiwan Strait.
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(historical, _, geography) A prefecture of imperial China centered on Linfen, Shanxi.
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(historical, _, geography) as the seat of the prefecture.
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(historical, geography) An realm in early-10th century Shaanxi loyal to the Tang after their overthrow by the Later Liang.
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(historical, geography) The Later Jin, a short-lived empire in 10th-century Shaanxi; the 930s and '40s, the era of this empire.
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(historical) }: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
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imperial dynasty
Jin
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A Chinese surname, given 29th among the Hundred Family Surnames.
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(historical, _, geography) A prefecture of imperial China centered on Ankang, Shaanxi.
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(historical, _, geography) as the seat of the prefecture.
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(historical, geography) An empire in northern China (AD 1115–1234) established by an invasion of Liao by the Wanyan Jurchens and overthrown by an invasion of the Mongols.
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(historical) }: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
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(historical, ethnography, uncommon) }: the Tungusic people who ruled this empire.
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(historical, chiefly, _, Chinese, _, contexts) The 12th to early 13th century, the era during which the Wanyan clan were the legitimate emperors of northern China.
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empire & era
Jin
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(geography) A river (錦江) in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces in China, emptying into the Bei or North River.
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(geography) A river (錦江) in Sichuan Province, China, emptying into the Min River.
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(historical, _, geography) A prefecture of imperial China centered on Luyang, Hunan.
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prefecture & seat
Jin
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A Chinese surname.
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(geography) A river (靳江) in Hunan Province, China, emptying into the Xiang River.
Jin
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(historical, geography) An ancient state or tribal confederation in northern Korea.
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(historical, geography) }, a northern Korean state, (particularly) between its AD 698 founding and 712 renaming.
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A Korean surname.
Jin
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A Japanese male given name.