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Xia

Xia (夏) details several meanings in the Chinese language and the History of China:

• The season of summer
• A Chinese family name
• The Xia Dynasty
• The majority ethnic group later knowned as the Han Chinese after the Han Dynasty. Refer to Huaxia.
• The "Empire" of Xia of the Hunnic Tiefu.
• The Xia regime by Dou Jiande during the turbulent transition from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty.
• The Western Xia of the Tanguts.

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