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克拉科夫

Mandarin · pinyin Kè lā kē fū

Krakow

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克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
科: kē · section, department, science
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those

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4–1–1–1 · Ke4 la1 ke1 fu1

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Krakow (a city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole)

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