Junnan
English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Junnan
- (obsolete) Alternative form of Yunnan.
- 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China[1], London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 20:
- The yearly Toll-book in this Province of Junnan, makes mention of two and thirty thouſand nine hundred fifty eight Families, and fourteen hundred thirty three thouſand one hundred and ten Fighting Men.