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Chinese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Proper noun
三藩
- (historical) Three Feudatories (three lords of the fiefdoms during the Qing dynasty)
- 三藩之亂/三藩之乱 ― sānfān zhī luàn ― Revolt of the Three Feudatories
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Back-formation from 三藩市 (Sānfānshì), understanding 市 (shì) to be the optional morpheme "city" sometimes attached to city names; (at the time of coinage, the full name was 三藩市埠.).
Proper noun
三藩
- (chiefly Mainland China) San Francisco (a city in California, United States)
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