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北馬里亞納群島

简北马里亚纳群岛 · 繁北馬里亞納群島

Mandarin · pinyin Běi Mǎ lǐ yà nà Qún dǎo

Northern Mariana Islands

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北: běi · north; northern; northward
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里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
亞: Look up this written character
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群: qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
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马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
亚: yà · Asia; second
纳: nà · admit, take, receive, accept
岛: dǎo · island

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3–3–3–4–4–2–3 · Bei3 Ma3 li3 ya4 na4 Qun2 dao3

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Northern Mariana Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean)

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