"Three Kingdoms" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Calque of Chinese 三國/三国 (Sānguó). Etymology templates: {{cal|en|zh|三國}} Calque of Chinese 三國/三国 (Sānguó) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Three Kingdoms}} Three Kingdoms
  1. (historical) The tripartite division of China between the states of Wei (魏 (Wèi)), Shu (蜀 (Shǔ)), and Wu (吳/吴 (Wú)), during AD 220–280, following the Han dynasty and preceding the Jin dynasty. Tags: historical Categories (topical): History of China, Three, Wars Categories (place): China Translations (historical tripartite division of China): သုံးပြည်ထောင်ခေတ် (sum:pranyhtaunghket) (Burmese), 三國 (Chinese Mandarin), 三国 (Sānguó) (Chinese Mandarin), Trois Royaumes (French), שלוש הממלכות [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), 三國 (Sangoku) (alt: さんごく) (Japanese), 三国 (Sangoku) (alt: さんごく) (Japanese), 삼국 (samguk) (Korean), Tiga Kerajaan (Malay), ᡳᠯᠠᠨ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (ilan gurun) (Manchu), तीन राज्ये (tīn rājye) (Marathi), สามก๊ก (sǎam-gók) (Thai), Tam Quốc (Vietnamese), ᡞᠯᠠᠨ ᡤᡠᠷᡠᠨ (ilan gurun) (Xibe)
    Sense id: en-Three_Kingdoms-en-name-0hiesUKE Disambiguation of History of China: 99 1 Disambiguation of Three: 68 32 Disambiguation of Wars: 80 20 Disambiguation of China: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Manchu translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Xibe translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Manchu translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Xibe translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'historical tripartite division of China': 91 9
  2. (historical) The tripartite division of Korea between the kingdoms of Goguryeo (고구려(高句麗) (goguryeo)), Baekje (백제(百濟) (baekje)), and Silla (신라(新羅) (silla)), around 57 BC to AD 668, prior to its unification under Silla. Tags: historical Categories (place): Korea
    Sense id: en-Three_Kingdoms-en-name-gbTpOi9y Disambiguation of Korea: 34 66
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.