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大城

Mandarin · pinyin Dà chéng

see 大城縣 Dà chéng Xiàn

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
城: chéng · castle; city, town; municipality

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4–2 · Da4 cheng2

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name

(～府) Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (a province of Thailand)
Ayutthaya (a city in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand)
(historical) (～王國) Ayutthaya Kingdom
(～區, ～區域) Taesŏng (a district of Pyongyang, North Korea)
(～鄉) Dacheng (a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan)

name

(～縣) Daicheng (a county of Langfang, Hebei, China)

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