Word Definition - 燕国

yān guó Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[qián yān] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[hòu yān] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[nán yān] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[běi yān] (409-436)

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