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亞丁

简亚丁 · 繁亞丁

Mandarin · pinyin Yà dīng

Aden

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丁: dīng · male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
亚: yà · Asia; second

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4–1 · Ya4 ding1

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name · Etymology 1

Aden (a port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen)

name · Etymology 2

Yading (a natural reserve in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)

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