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新喀里多尼亞

简新喀里多尼亚 · 繁新喀里多尼亞

Mandarin · pinyin Xīn Kā lǐ duō ní yà

New Caledonia

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新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
喀: kā · vomit; used in transliterations
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
多: duō · much, many; more than, over
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
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亚: yà · Asia; second

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1–1–3–1–2–4 · Xin1 Ka1 li3 duo1 ni2 ya4

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New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)

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