Xun may refer to:
China
Note: in Wade–Giles, Xun is romanized Hsün
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Xun (surname)
Xun () is the Standard Chinese, Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written as a Chinese character. It is romanized Hsün in Wade–Giles. Xun is the 201st surname in the Song dynasty Chinese classics, classic text ''Hundred Famil ...
(荀), Chinese surname
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Xun (instrument)
The ''xun'' (; Cantonese= hyun1) is a globular, vessel flute from China. It is one of the oldest musical instruments in China and has been in use for approximately 7,000 years. The xun was initially made of stone, baked clay, or bone, and la ...
, Chinese vessel flute made of clay or ceramic
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Xun, Hequ County (巡镇), town in
Hequ County
Hequ () is a county in the northwest of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west and Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of C ...
, Shanxi, China
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Xun County
Xun County or Xunxian () is a county in the north of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hebi and located on the transition of the East China Plain and the Taihang Mountains.
Xun County has a his ...
(浚县), Henan, China
Other
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Xun language (disambiguation)
Xun may refer to any of several southern African Khoisan languages
* Juǀʼhoan language
Juǀʼhoan ( , ), also known as Southern or Southeastern ǃKung or ǃXun, is the southern variety of the ǃKung dialect continuum, spoken in northeastern ...
, name of several southern African Khoisan languages
See also
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ǃKung people
The ǃKung ( ) are one of the San peoples who live mostly on the western edge of the Kalahari Desert, Kalahari desert, Ovamboland (northern Namibia and southern Angola), and Botswana. The names ''ǃKung'' (''ǃXun'') and ''Ju'' are variant w ...
, of southwestern Africa
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Xionites
Xionites, Chionites, or Chionitae (Middle Persian: ''Xiyōn'' or ''Hiyōn''; Avestan: ''X́iiaona-''; Sogdian ''xwn''; Pahlavi ''Xyōn'') were a nomadic people in the Central Asian regions of Transoxiana and Bactria.
The Xionites appear to be ...
, also known as Hunni, once a people from Central Asia who spoke an Iranian language
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