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德州

Mandarin · pinyin Dé zhōu

see 德州市 Dé zhōu Shì
Texas (abbr. for 德克薩斯州 Dé kè sà sī Zhōu)

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德: dé · ethics, morality, virtue
州: zhōu · administrative division, state

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2–1 · De2 zhou1

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dak1 zau1

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name · Etymology 1

(historical) De (a former prefecture of imperial China around Dezhou in northwestern Shandong)
(～市) Dezhou (a prefecture-level city of Shandong, China)

name · Etymology 2

(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 德克薩斯州／德克萨斯州 (Dékèsàsī Zhōu, “State of Texas”)

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