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大阪

Mandarin · pinyin Dà bǎn

Osaka, city in Japan

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
阪: bǎn · hillside farmland; slope

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4–3 · Da4 ban3

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daai6 baan2

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name · Etymology 1

(～市) Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
(～府) Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大阪・大坂, Ōsaka; or of 大阪・大坂, Ōzaka

noun · Etymology 2

(Classical) great hill; great mountain; great slope

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