Look up: Yan

1. Yan
   (from the article `Beijing`) ...near the site where the city now stands. During the Zhanguo (Warring States) period (475–256 ) of the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 ), one of the ...
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2. yan
   type of ancient Chinese bronze steamer, or cooking vessel, used particularly for grain. It consisted of a deep upper bowl with a pierced bottom, ... [1 related articles]
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3. Yan
   Yan is a Russian boy name. The meaning of the name is `God is Gracious` Where is it used? The name Yan is mainly used In Other languages.How do they say it elsewhere? Yann ( In Breton and In French) See also In English and In the bible: John In Breton and In French: Yannic The name Yan doesn`t a...
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4. Yan
   (state) `Yān` () was a state during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history. Its capital was Ji (nowadays Beijing, also known as Yanjing, "capital of Yan"). During the Warring States, the capital was also moved to its lower capital at Xia...
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5. Yan
   (Five Dynasties) :This article is about the Yan Kingdom of the early tenth century. For other uses, please see Yan (disambiguation) Yan was a very short lived kingdom in the vicinity of present-day Beijing at the beginning of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, which is traditi...
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