Jiuzhen

Jiuzhen was a Chinese commandery within Jiaozhou. It is located in present-day Thanh Hóa Province, . Michel Ferlus and Frédéric Pain propose that 九真 Old Chinese *kuˀ-cin transcribed *k.cin, a local autonym which is reflected in Puoc ksiːŋ muːl & Thavung ktiːŋ² meaning "human being, people".
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Chinese commandery in northern Vietnam
  • Also known as: Jiuzhen Zhen” and “九真镇

Jiuzhen

Latitude
30.7474° or 30° 44′ 51″ north
Longitude
113.21476° or 113° 12′ 53″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
8P2MP6W7+XW
Geo­Names ID
1805057
Wiki­data ID
Q6856166
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Jiuzhen” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 九真
  • Chinese: 九真郡
  • Japanese: 九真郡
  • Korean: 구진군
  • Lithuanian: Dziudženas
  • Swedish: Jiuzhen
  • Vietnamese: Cửu Chân

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