郡
Meanings
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- 1.canton
- 2.county
- 3.region
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Wiktionary
- 1.An administrative subdivision of imperial China of various status over the centuries, usually translated as commandery or prefecture
- 2.a kind of administrative division
- 3.district (second level division that has no administrative power since 1926, only serves as geographical reference)
- 4.county (second level division covering rural areas)
- 5.shire (former administrative area of Britain)
- 6.quận
- 7.a surname
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Etymology
Perhaps related to Tibetan ཁུལ (khul, “district; province”) (Gong, 1995). Mechanically, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kurl may be reconstructible.
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Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
郡守 senior provincial official in imperial China郡治 seat of the principal county magistrate in imperial China郡会 county capital郡望 choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韩愈[Hán Yù] is also known as 韩昌黎[Hán Chāng lí], where 韩[Hán] is his surname and 昌黎[Chāng lí] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jùn].)约克郡 Yorkshire (English region)真番郡 Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea日南郡 Han dynasty province in Vietnam林肯郡 Lincolnshire (English county)牛津郡 Oxfordshire (English county)萨里郡 Surrey (county in south England)乐浪郡 Lelang commandery (108 BC-313 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea玄菟郡 Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea