first-level administrative division of some countries, such as: (1) state of the United States, Australia, India, Nigeria and Germany; (2) province of Canada; (3) canton of Switzerland; etc.

(obsolete) São Paulo (a state of Brazil)

Obsolete spelling of サンパウロ (San Pauro, “São Paulo (a state of Brazil)”)

continent / used in place names

state; province

a name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class, or thing) / (more specifically) a given name (excluding the surname)

(formal) friend

Yangzhou (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)

Yanzhou City (Shandong Province)

Jizhou City (Hebei Province)