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Yue

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Yue or Yueh (/jwɛ/ yweh) may refer to:

Places

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  • Guangdong, abbreviated (Yuè), a province of China
  • Yue Nan (越南), the Chinese name for Vietnam
  • Zhejiang, commonly abbreviated (Yuè), a province of China

Languages

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  • Yue Chinese, a branch of Chinese, spoken primarily in and around Guangdong and Guangxi
  • Cantonese, a dialect of Yue Chinese, widely spoken in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau
  • Old Yue language, an extinct language or languages spoken by the Baiyue people of southern China and northern Vietnam.

People

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Fictional characters

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  • Yue (Cardcaptor Sakura), a character in the anime and manga séries Cardcaptor Sakura
  • Yue Ayase, a character from the anime and manga series Negima
  • Yue Kato, a character in the manga series Angel Sanctuary
  • Princess Yue, a character in the television series Avatar: The Last Airbender
  • Wellington Yueh, a character from Frank Herbert's Dune universe

Historical peoples

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  • Baiyue, a collection of ancient peoples in coastal southern China
  • Shanyue, a tribe residing in the Yue area during the Han dynasty

Historical states

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  • Yue (state), a state in modern eastern China during the Spring and Autumn period
  • Minyue, an ancient kingdom located at modern Fujian
  • Nanyue, an ancient kingdom consisting of modern Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and northern Vietnam
  • Wuyue, a state in modern Zhejiang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Arts and sciences

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See also

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