Chun may refer to:
Places
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Chun River
Huai Nam Chun ( th, ห้วยน้ำชุน, ) is a watercourse in Phechaboon Province, Thailand. It is a tributary of the Pasak River, part of the
Chao praya River basin.
Rivers of Thailand, Chun
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in Thailand
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Chun District
Chun ( th, จุน, ) is a district (''amphoe'') of Phayao province in northern Thailand.
History
Chun District dates back to an ancient city named Wiang Lo, which is of similar age as ''Mueang'' Phayao.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (f ...
in Phayao Province, Thailand
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Chûn Castle
Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort ( ringfort) near Penzance in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The fort was built about 2,500 years ago, and fell into disuse until the early centuries AD when it was possibly re-occupied to protect t ...
, a hillfort in the United Kingdom
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Commandery (China)
A jùn (郡) was a historical administrative division of China from the Eastern Zhou (c. 7th century BCE) until the early Tang dynasty (c. 7th century CE). It is usually translated as a commandery.
Countries around Chin ...
(), an administrative division of imperial China
People and names
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Jeon (Korean surname) (), a common Korean surname spelled Chun by about 5% of its bearers
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Cheon (Korean surname)
Cheon, also spelled Chon, is an uncommon Korean surname. It is written with either of two hanja:
* () meaning "thousand". This is the more common character, used as a surname by 103,811 people in 32,229 households in South Korea, according to t ...
(), a less common Korean surname spelled Chun by about 40% of its bearers
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Joon (Korean name) (), a rare Korean surname spelled Chun in the McCune–Reischauer romanisation
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Chen (surname)
Chen () () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and ...
(), a Chinese surname also spelled Chun
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Carl Chun
Carl Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist.
Chun was born in Höchst, today a part of Frankfurt, and studied zoology at the University of Leipzig, where from 1878 to 1883 he was privat-docent of zoology and an a ...
(1852–1914), German zoologist
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Chun (Bible)
Chun may refer to:
Places
* Chun River in Thailand
* Chun District in Phayao Province, Thailand
* Chûn Castle, a hillfort in the United Kingdom
* Commandery (China) (), an administrative division of imperial China
People and names
* Jeon (Korea ...
, a
biblical name
Names play a variety of roles in the Bible. They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in C ...
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Prince Chun (disambiguation) Prince Chun may refer to any of the following princely peerages of the Qing dynasty in China:
* Prince Chun (純), created in 1674
* Prince Chun (淳), created in 1709
* Prince Chun (醇)
Prince Chun of the First Rank ( Manchu: ; ''hošoi gul ...
, the title of various princes of the Chinese Qing Dynasty
Other
* Ch'un, a type of
Chinese clam monster
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Chun (season)
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's axial tilt, tilted orbit around the Sun. In tempera ...
(), the Chinese season of spring
See also
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Qian (disambiguation) Qian may refer to:
*Guizhou, abbreviated as ''Qián'' (黔), province of China
*Mace (unit), or Qian, one of the Chinese units of measurement, equal to 5g
*Qian (hexagram), the first hexagram of the ''I Ching''
*Qian (surname), a Chinese surname ( ...
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