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The character "陇", with its traditional form "隴", derives from the name of Long Mountain in what is now Gansu Province, combining the radical "阝" indicating a mound or hill with the phonetic component "龙" meaning dragon, the latter being "龍" in its traditional construction. Originally serving as a direct geographical reference to that mountain and its immediate vicinity, the term gradually broadened to denote the wider Gansu region in historical administrative and cultural contexts. Over time, its application extended beyond proper nouns to acquire a common nominal function, describing a raised ridge between cultivated fields, thereby reflecting a semantic expansion from a specific locale to a general topographic feature while maintaining its foundational connection to elevated land.
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我的家乡在陇南。
陇海铁路连接东西。
甘肃省位于陇原之上。
陇西的苹果很有名。
我们计划去陇南旅游。
陇山一带风景优美。
古代丝绸之路经过陇西。
由于陇南气候湿润，所以农产品丰富。