Yunnan

//juː(n)ˈnɑːn// name

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  1. 1
    A province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. Capital: Kunming.

    "Beſide theſe in the Province of Yunnan, which is very large, lying towards the South, in the latitude of 24 degrees, there is a great Countrie inhabited by a particular people, who uſe another language and other cuſtomes. They have a little King called by the Chineſſes, Thu Quon, a Mandarine of earth, they pay tribute to the King of China, they uſe traffique, and live in peace."

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yunnan province

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"The flood-prone Yangtze river, which runs from Yunnan in the southwest to Jiangsu and Shanghai on the east coast, has seen a massive increase in water volumes, causing flooding in many of its tributaries and bringing water volumes in the giant Three Gorges reservoir close to record levels."

Etymology

From Mandarin 雲南 /云南 (Yúnnán).

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