Ouyang

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  1. 1
    A surname from Chinese.

    "In the eighth month of the year, Ou-yang was exiled to Ch'u-chou prefecture in eastern-central Anhui, where he was to remain until early in 1048 when he became Prefect of Yang-chou."

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"In the eighth month of the year, Ou-yang was exiled to Ch'u-chou prefecture in eastern-central Anhui, where he was to remain until early in 1048 when he became Prefect of Yang-chou."

Etymology

From Mandarin 歐陽 /欧阳 (Ōuyáng).

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