Xun may refer to:
China
Note: in Wade–Giles, Xun is romanized Hsün
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Xun (surname)
Xun () is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Hsün in Wade–Giles. Xun is the 201st surname in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not among the ...
(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 seven thousand years. The xun was initially made of stone, baked clay, or bone ...
, 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 region of the People's Republic of China ...
, 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
* Ju/’hoan language
* Kxoe language
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, 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, Ovamboland (northern Namibia and southern Angola), and Botswana. The names ''ǃKung'' (''ǃXun'') and ''Ju'' are variants words for 'people', ...
, of southwestern Africa
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Xionites
Xionites, Chionites, or Chionitae (Middle Persian: ''Xiyōn'' or ''Hiyōn''; Avestan: ''Xiiaona''; Sogdian ''xwn''; Pahlavi ''Xyon'') were a nomadic people in the Central Asian regions of Transoxiana and Bactria.
The Xionites appear to be syno ...
, also known as Hunni, once a people from Central Asia who spoke an Iranian language
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