巴蜀

Chinese

 
(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)
 Sichuan
simp. and trad.
(巴蜀)		 巴 蜀

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Proper noun

巴蜀

  1. (historical) the kingdoms of Ba (巴) and Shu (蜀) which existed within the Sichuan Basin (?–c. 316 BCE)
  2. (by extension) the area of the Sichuan Basin, covered by modern-day Sichuan province and city of Chongqing

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Thai ประจวบ, via Teochew.

Proper noun

巴蜀

  1. (～府) Alternative name for 班武里 (“Prachuap Khiri Khan (province of Thailand)”).
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