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奧爾巴尼

简奥尔巴尼 · 繁奧爾巴尼

Mandarin · pinyin Ào ěr bā ní

Albany, New York

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
奥: ào · mysterious, obscure, profound
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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4–3–1–2 · Ao4 er3 ba1 ni2

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Albany (a city, the state capital of New York, United States)
a transliteration of the English surname Albany

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