多米尼克

Mandarin · pinyin Duō mǐ ní kè

Meanings

  1. Dominica (Commonwealth of Dominica)
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多
duō · much, many; more than, over
米
mǐ · hulled or husked uncooked rice
尼
ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
克
kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
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1–3–2–4 · Duo1 mi3 ni2 ke4

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do1 mai5 nei4 hak1

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name

  1. Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)
  2. a transliteration of the English male given name Dominic

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