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Tai⋅yuan

[tahy-yyahn]
–noun Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
a city in and the capital of Shanxi province, in N China; a walled city. 1,350,000.
Also, Wade-Giles, Taiyüan, T'aiyüan.
Formerly, Yangqu.

Shan⋅xi

[shahn-shee]
–noun Pinyin.
a province in N China. 18,010,000; 60,656 sq. mi. (157,099 sq. km). Capital: Taiyuan.
Also, Shansi.
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Tai·yu·an also Tai·yü·an   (tī'yŏŏ-än', -ywän')   
A city of northeast China southwest of Beijing. It is a coal-mining and steel-manufacturing center. Population: 1,900,000.
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