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巴里

Mandarin · pinyin Bā lǐ

Bari (Puglia, Italy)

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166

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1–3 · Ba1 li3

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Barrie (a city in Ontario, Canada)
an English surname, Barrie
Bari (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Bari and the region of Apulia, Italy)
Bari (a metropolitan city of Apulia, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Bari)
a transliteration of the English male given name and surname Barry or Barrie

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