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波利尼西亞

简波利尼西亚 · 繁波利尼西亞

Mandarin · pinyin Bō lì ní xī yà

Polynesia

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波: bō · waves, breakers; undulations
利: lì · gains, advantage, profit, merit
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
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亚: yà · Asia; second

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1–4–2–1–4 · Bo1 li4 ni2 xi1 ya4

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(Mainland-China) Polynesia (a continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them)

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