Kunlun

Etymology
From the and, with the character  being an ambiguous reference to any raised place, inclusive of islands, hills, mountains, and mountain ranges. The characters are phono-semantic compounds adding  as a semantic component  to the characters  and, which were presumably also homophones for Kunlun in Old Chinese—'s reconstructed pronunciation being /*kuːn.run/—but leaving its further development or original meaning uncertain. See also the section of the  entry on the mythological Kunlun.

Proper noun

 * 1) A mountain range in China forming the border between the Tarim Basin to its north and the Tibetan Plateau to its south, extending across the Chinese provinces of Xinjiang, Tibet, and Qinghai.
 * 2)  A mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of  and the, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky.
 * 1)  A mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of  and the, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky.
 * 1)  A mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of  and the, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky.
 * 1)  A mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of  and the, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky.
 * 1)  A mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of  and the, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky.
 * 1)  A mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of  and the, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky.
 * 1)  A mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of  and the, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky.
 * 1)  A mountain or mountain range somewhere west of the North China Plain believed to be the home of  and the, as well as other gods and Taoist immortals, and previously believed to help support the dome of the sky.

Translations

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