模里西斯

Mandarin · pinyin Mó lǐ xī sī

Meanings

  1. Mauritius (Tw)
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模
mó · model, standard, pattern; copy
里
lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
西
xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
斯
sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
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2–3–1–1 · Mo2 li3 xi1 si1

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mou4 lei5 sai1 si1

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name

  1. (Taiwan) Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. (Taiwan) Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

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