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威尼斯

Mandarin · pinyin Wēi ní sī

Venice
Venezia

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威: wēi · pomp, power; powerful; dominate
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle

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1–2–1 · Wei1 ni2 si1

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wai1 nei4 si1

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Venice (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Venice and the region of Veneto, Italy; former capital of an independent republic)
Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Venice)

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