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南澳

Mandarin · pinyin Nán ào

see 南澳縣 Nán ào Xiàn
South Australia (abbr. for 南澳大利亞州 Nán Ào dà lì yà Zhōu)

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南: nán · south; southern part; southward
澳: ào · inlet, bay; dock, bank

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2–4 · Nan2 ao4

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(～縣) Nan'ao (a county of Shantou, Guangdong, China)
(～鄉) Nan'ao (a mountain indigenous township in Yilan County, Taiwan)
(～州) short for 南澳大利亞／南澳大利亚 (Nán-Àodàlìyà): South Australia (a state of Australia, located in the central southern part of the continent; a former British colony until 1901)

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