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加納

简加纳 · 繁加納

Mandarin · pinyin Jiā nà

Ghana

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加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
納: Look up this written character
纳: nà · admit, take, receive, accept

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1–4 · Jia1 na4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaa1 nap6

Cantonese word readings for 加納. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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name · Etymology 1

(Mainland China) Ghana (a country in West Africa)

name · Etymology 2

an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 加納, Kanō

name · Etymology 3

a transliteration of the English surname Garner

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