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布列塔尼

Mandarin · pinyin Bù liè tǎ ní

Brittany, area in the north-west of France

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
列: liè · a line; to arrange in order, classify
塔: tǎ · tower, spire, tall building
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration

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4–4–3–2 · Bu4 lie4 ta3 ni2

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Brittany (a cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)
Brittany (an administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany)

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