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港區

简港区 · 繁港區

Mandarin · pinyin gǎng qū#

port area

Mandarin · pinyin Gǎng qū#

Minato area of downtown Tokyo

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港: gǎng · port, harbor; small stream; bay
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区: qū · area, district, region, ward

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3–1 · gang3 qu1

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noun

port area

name

(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 香港特別行政區 /香港特别行政区 (Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū, “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region”)
Minato (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
Minato (a ward of Osaka, Japan)
Minato (a ward of Nagoya, Japan)

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