Central Plain

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Central Plain

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central + plain: Calque from Chinese 中原 (Mandarin 中原 (Zhōngyuán),Zhōngyuán; Cantonese 中原 (zung¹ jyun⁴)).

proper noun Central Plains

The region on the lower reaches of the Yellow River in China which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization. ASIATIC civilization is the product of “Mesopotamias”, of great alluvial plains where the natural fertility of the soil stimulated man’s agricultural vocation. Such was the case of Babylon in western Asia; such is the case of the “Central Plain” of China in eastern Asia.[...]In the same way that Egy

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한국어	중원 jung'won
中文	中原 Zhōngyuán

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@misc{central_plain_2026,
  title = {Central Plain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/central%20plain},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}