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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a cultural group of ancient China centered in what is now Shandong province. historical, plural, plural-only

Synonyms

All synonyms

barbarianbarbarianeastern yieastern yiyiyi

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 東夷 /东夷 (Dōngyí).

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