Linfen

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  1. 1
    A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.

    "Headquarters of the Second War Zone was at that time at Linfen, a sizable city on the railway in the southern half of Shansi, jammed now with soldiers, officials and refugees from the North."

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"Headquarters of the Second War Zone was at that time at Linfen, a sizable city on the railway in the southern half of Shansi, jammed now with soldiers, officials and refugees from the North."

Etymology

From Mandarin 臨汾 /临汾 (Línfén).

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