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瓦努阿圖

简瓦努阿图 · 繁瓦努阿圖

Mandarin · pinyin Wǎ nǔ ā tú

Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean

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瓦: wǎ · tile; earthenware pottery; girl
努: nǔ · to exert, strive, make an effort; to pout
阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
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图: tú · diagram; chart, map, picture

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3–3–1–2 · Wa3 nu3 a1 tu2

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ngaa3 lou5 ngaa3 tou4

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(Mainland China) Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)

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