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曼島

简曼岛 · 繁曼島

Mandarin · pinyin Màn Dǎo

Isle of Man, British Isles (Tw)
see also 馬恩島 Mǎ ēn Dǎo

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曼: màn · long, extended, vast; beautiful
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岛: dǎo · island

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(Taiwan) Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 曼哈頓島／曼哈顿岛 (Mànhādùn Dǎo, “Manhattan Island (an island of New York, United States)”)

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