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堪察加

Mandarin · pinyin Kān chá jiā

Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)

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堪: kān · adequately capable of, worthy of
察: chá · examine, investigate; notice
加: jiā · add to, increase, augment

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1–2–1 · Kan1 cha2 jia1

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(～半島) Kamchatka (a long peninsula forming part of Kamchatka Krai in the Far East of Russia, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk)
(～邊疆區) Kamchatka (a krai and federal subject of Russia, in the Russian Far East)

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