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郡望

jùn wàng

2-character word

What 郡望 means

1. 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}.)

The characters in 郡望

• 郡jùncanton; county; region
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect

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