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波隆那

Mandarin · pinyin Bō lōng nà

Bologna, city in Northern Italy

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波: bō · waves, breakers; undulations
隆: lóng · prosperous, plentiful, abundant
那: nà · that, that one, those

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1–1–4 · Bo1 long1 na4

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