Dingzhou
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Dingzhou
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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定州 (Dìngzhōu, “Orderly Prefecture”).
proper noun
- A county-level city of Baoding, Hebei, China. Their colour, once described as silver or snow, was long held to be an achievement of the potters of the Song dynasty, but excavations at the Dingzhou kilns in Hebei as early as 1941 have established that white ware was already in production at that location during the ninth century.
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Synonym of Ding Prefecture, a prefecture of imperial China with its seat at Dingzhou.
Similar: Ding Prefecture, Lunu, Boling, Dingxian, Tingsien, Tingchow
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name a county-level city in Baoding Prefecture, Hebei, China
| 中文 | 定州 Dìngzhōu |
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