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加利西亞

简加利西亚 · 繁加利西亞

Mandarin · pinyin Jiā lì xī yà

Galicia, province and former kingdom of northwest Spain

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加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
利: lì · gains, advantage, profit, merit
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
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亚: yà · Asia; second

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1–4–1–4 · Jia1 li4 xi1 ya4

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(～自治區) Galicia (a former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain)
Galicia (former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine)

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