northern Zhejiang province during the Spring and Autumn Period Wuyue , a state in modern Zhejiang province during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period Vietnam . The "viet-" in the word is cognate to this Chinese word. Other interesting links: The Yue Peoples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yue_%28peoples%29 The State of Yue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Yue The