e/Jiuzhou

Information
has gloss	eng: Jiuzhou (, literally The Nine Provinces ) is a term used in ancient Chinese histories to refer to territorial divisions during the Xia and Shang dynasties, and has now come to symbolically represent China. However, the current definition of the nine zhou may be that of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, as it was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that the nine zhou were treated as actual administrative regions.
lexicalization	eng: Jiu Zhou
lexicalization	eng: Jiuzhou
instance of	e/Chinese name

Meaning
Japanese
has gloss	jpn: 九州（きゅうしゅう）とは中国全域の総称。古代、中国全土を九州に分けたことに由来する雅称のひとつである。中国では天下、世界全体の意味で用いられる場合もある。
lexicalization	jpn: 九州
Chinese
has gloss	zho: 九州是中国古代典籍中所记载的夏、商、周时代的地域区划，后成为中国的代称。但这九州所反映的，可能是春秋和战国时期人们的地域观念，而把“州”当作实际的行政区划，则是在东汉后期才实行的。
lexicalization	zho: 中国九州
lexicalization	zho: 九州