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Caifung
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English
Etymology
From irregular romanization of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 開封 Kāifēng. Compare en Caifum.
Proper noun
en obsolete en Kaifeng.
en 1693 w:Robert Morden Of China Geography Rectified... https://archive.org/details/geographyrectifi00mord/ 3rd 440 https://archive.org/details/geographyrectifi00mord/page/440/ The chief City Caifung lies about two Leagues from the Yellow-River, whoſe Water is ſaid to be higher than the City...