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Mandarin · pinyin Nuǎn nuǎn

Nuannuan District of Keelung City 基隆市 Jī lóng Shì, Taiwan

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暖: nuǎn · warm, genial

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3–3 · Nuan3 nuan3

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adj · Etymology 1

gentle and agreeable; meek

name · Etymology 2

(～區) Nuannuan, Nuan Nuan (a district of Keelung, Taiwan)
(～里) an urban village in Nuannuan district, Keelung, Taiwan

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