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田納西

简田纳西 · 繁田納西

Mandarin · pinyin Tián nà xī

Tennessee

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田: tián · field, arable land, cultivated
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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
纳: nà · admit, take, receive, accept

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2–4–1 · Tian2 na4 xi1

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(～州) Tennessee (a state of the United States)

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