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Definitions of Jin:
  • name:  A female given name (common: 1 in 50000 females; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2419)
  • name:  A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12599)
  • noun:   A portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
  • noun:   A river (晉水) in Shanxi Province, China, emptying into the Fen River.
  • noun:   (historical) A marchland (c. 1046–677 BC) and duchy (677–376 BC) of the Zhou Kingdom around the river.
  • noun:   A Chinese surname.
  • noun:   (historical) A titular principality of the Wei Empire (est. AD 264) and other later Chinese states.
  • noun:   (historical) An empire in China (AD 265–420) established by Sima Yan's overthrow of the Wei and replaced by barbarian conquerors in the north and Liu Yu's Song Empire in the south.
  • noun:   (historical) Synonym of Sima: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
  • noun:   (historical, chiefly Chinese contexts) The late 3rd to early 5th century, the era during which the Sima clan were the legitimate emperors of China.
  • noun:   A river (晉江) in Quanzhou Municipality, Fujian, emptying into the Taiwan Strait.
  • noun:   (historical) A prefecture of imperial China centered on Linfen, Shanxi.
  • noun:   (historical) Former name of Linfen as the seat of the prefecture.
  • noun:   (historical) An realm in early-10th century Shaanxi loyal to the Tang after their overthrow by the Later Liang.
  • noun:   (historical) The Later Jin, a short-lived empire in 10th-century Shaanxi; the 930s and '40s, the era of this empire.
  • noun:   (historical) Synonym of Shi: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
  • noun:   (linguistics) A Chinese dialect family (code cjy) spoken by about 45 million people in Shanxi and adjacent provinces.
  • noun:   A Korean surname.
  • noun:   A Chinese surname, given 29th among the Hundred Family Surnames.
  • noun:   (historical) A prefecture of imperial China centered on Ankang, Shaanxi.
  • noun:   (historical) Former name of Ankang as the seat of the prefecture.
  • noun:   (historical) An empire in northern China (AD 1115–1234) established by an invasion of Liao by the Wanyan Jurchens and overthrown by an invasion of the Mongols.
  • noun:   (historical) Synonym of Wanyan: the dynasty which ruled this empire.
  • noun:   (historical, ethnography, uncommon) Synonym of Jurchen: the Tungusic people who ruled this empire.
  • noun:   (historical, chiefly Chinese contexts) The 12th to early 13th century, the era during which the Wanyan clan were the legitimate emperors of northern China.
  • noun:   (historical) Synonym of Qing: the Chinese empire, dynasty, and era, (particularly) during the years 1616 to 1636, prior to the formal declaration of the Qing.
  • noun:   A river (錦江) in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces in China, emptying into the Bei or North River.
  • noun:   A river (錦江) in Sichuan Province, China, emptying into the Min River.
  • noun:   (historical) A prefecture of imperial China centered on Luyang, Hunan.
  • noun:   (historical) Former name of Luyang as the seat of the prefecture.
  • noun:   A river (靳江) in Hunan Province, China, emptying into the Xiang River.
  • noun:   (historical) An ancient state or tribal confederation in northern Korea.
  • noun:   (historical) Synonym of Balhae, a northern Korean state, (particularly) between its AD 698 founding and 712 renaming.
  • noun:   A Japanese male given name.
  • noun:   Alternative spelling of jinn [(Muslim demonology) A genie and descendant of the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form, equivalent to demons in Jewish demonology.]

(Definitions from Wiktionary)

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