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克里木

Mandarin · pinyin Kè lǐ mù

Crimea
the Crimean peninsula

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克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
木: mù · tree; wood, lumber; wooden

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4–3–4 · Ke4 li3 mu4

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name · Etymology 1

a transliteration of the Uyghur male given name كېرىم (kërim)

name · Etymology 2

(Mainland China, rare) Crimea (a geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine :)

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