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Guangxi 广西 廣西 Guăngxī Nanning Abbreviated Guangnan Xi

Name Guangxi
Name in simplified Chinese 广西
Name in traditional Chinese 廣西
Name in pinyin Guăngxī
Capital Nanning
Etymology
Abbreviated from "Guangnan Xi Lu" (A "lu" was equal to a province or a state in the Song Dynasty)
广 = wide
西 = west
literally, "The Western Expanse" (Guangdong being East)

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