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Like other major Western noble titles, baron is sometimes used to render certain titles in non-western languages with their own traditions, even though they are necessarily historically unrelated and thus hard to compare, which are considered 'equivalent' in relative rank.
This is the case with China's nán (男), hereditary title of nobility of the fifth rank (男爵), as well as its derivatives and adaptations:
- the Indian equivalent damapati
- The Hungarian equivalent Báró
- the Japanese equivalent danshaku (だんしゃく, 男爵)
- the Georgian equivalent samefo aznauri
- the Korean equivalent namjak (남작, 男爵)
- the Manchu equivalent ashan-i hafan
- the Vietnamese equivalent nam tước
- the Romanian equivalent Baroneasă for Baroness.
- The Serbian equivalent Bojar or Boyar
In some republics of continental Europe, the unofficial title of "Baron" retains a purely social prestige, with no particular political privileges.
In the Polynesian island monarchy of Tonga, as opposed to the situation in Europe, barons are granted this imported title (in English), alongside traditional chiefly styles, and continue to hold and exercise some political power.
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