south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces
湖广
Hú guǎng
Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)
两广
Liǎng Guǎng
the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
东三省
Dōng sān Shěng
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3], Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]
花鼓
huā gǔ
flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub
Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong
杯酒释兵权
bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 / holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
河西
Hé xī
land west of the Yellow river / Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces
中央省
Zhōng yāng shěng
Töv Province (Töv Aimag) of Mongolia / Central Province (the name of provinces in various nations)
区画
qū huà
subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
卡斯蒂利亚
Kǎ sī dì lì yà
Castilla, old Spanish kingdom / modern Spanish provinces of Castilla-Leon and Castilla-La Mancha
吉普斯夸
Jí pǔ sī kuā
Gipuzkoa or Guipúzcoa, one of the seven Basque provinces in north Spain
朝鲜八道
Cháo xiǎn bā dào
the eight provinces of Yi dynasty Korea
江南省
Jiāng nán shěng
name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing
汨罗江
Mì luó jiāng
Miluo river in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, flows into Dongting lake
泛珠江三角
fàn zhū jiāng sān jiǎo
the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong)
祁连山脉
Qí lián Shān mài
Qilian Mountains (formerly Richthofen Range), dividing Qinghai and Gansu provinces
陕甘
Shǎn Gān
Shaanxi and Gansu provinces
南北基伍省和平、安全与发展会议
Conference on Peace, Security and Development for the Provinces of North and South Kivu / Goma conference
戈马会议
Conference on Peace, Security and Development for the Provinces of North and South Kivu / Goma conference
1908年条约
Convention between Italy and Ethiopia for the Settlement of the Frontier Between the Italian Colony of Eritrea and the Provinces of the Ethiopian Empire / 1908 Treaty / 1908 Treaty relating to the Eastern Sector
1908年东段条约
Convention between Italy and Ethiopia for the Settlement of the Frontier Between the Italian Colony of Eritrea and the Provinces of the Ethiopian Empire / 1908 Treaty / 1908 Treaty relating to the Eastern Sector
疍民
dàn mín
boat-dwelling people of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian provinces (old)
行政区画
xíng zhèng qū huà
administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
淮海地区
Huái hǎi dì qū
Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces
晋察冀
Jìn Chá Jì
Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3] and Hebei 河北[He2 bei3] (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)
蜑家
Dàn jiā
Tanka, boat-dwelling people of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, and Zhejiang provinces
九野
jiǔ yě
the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China
yōu