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玻里尼西亞

简玻里尼西亚 · 繁玻里尼西亞

Mandarin · pinyin Bō lǐ ní xī yà

Polynesia (Tw)

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玻: bō · glass
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
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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1–3–2–1–4 · Bo1 li3 ni2 xi1 ya4

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bo1 lei5 nei4 sai1 aa3

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

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