那不勒斯

Mandarin · pinyin Nà bù lè sī

Meanings

  1. Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy
  2. Naples
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那
nà · that, that one, those
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
勒
lēi · strangle, tighten
斯
sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
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4–4–4–1 · Na4 bu4 le4 si1

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

naa5 bat1 lak6 si1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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name

  1. Naples (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Naples and the region of Campania, Italy)
  2. Naples (a metropolitan city of Campania, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Naples)

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