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大洋洲

Mandarin · pinyin Dà yáng zhōu

Oceania

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
洋: yáng · ocean, sea; foreign; western
洲: zhōu · continent; island; islet

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4–2–1 · Da4 yang2 zhou1

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daai6 joeng4 zau1

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name · Etymology 1

Oceania ({{place|en|A <> composed of the islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean, principally divided into Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)

name · Etymology 2

(～鎮) Dayangzhou (a town in Xingan, Ji'an, Jiangxi, China)

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