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歐羅巴

简欧罗巴 · 繁歐羅巴

Mandarin · pinyin Ōu luó bā

Europe
Europa

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
欧: ōu · translit.: Europe; ohm; surname
罗: luó · net for catching birds; gauze

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1–2–1 · Ou1 luo2 ba1

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au1 lo4 baa1

Cantonese word readings for 歐羅巴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)
(rare, astronomy) Europa (a moon in Jupiter)
(～洲) (dated) Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

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