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巴勒莫

Mandarin · pinyin Bā lè mò

Palermo, Italy

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
勒: lēi · strangle, tighten
莫: mò · do not, is not, can not; negative

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1–4–4 · Ba1 le4 mo4

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Palermo (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Palermo and the region of Sicily, Italy)
Palermo (a metropolitan city in Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Palermo)

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