燕国

1. • Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning
2. • north Hebei
3. • the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 qiányān (337-370), Later Yan 后燕 hòuyān (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 nányān (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 běiyān (409-436)

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• 燕(yān)Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
• 国(guó)surname Guo