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Handan

[hahn-dahn]

Han·dan

[hahn-dahn]
noun
a city in SW Hebei province, China. 1,069,100.
Also, Han·tan.
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Handan is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Handan

city, southern Hebei sheng (province), China. Handan is situated on the higher ground on the western side of the North China Plain, on the great north-south route between Beijing and Zhengzhou and Luoyang (both in Henan province), where it is crossed by a long-established route from Jinan in Shandong province westward into the mountains of Shanxi province

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