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美屬維爾京群島

简美属维尔京群岛 · 繁美屬維爾京群島

Mandarin · pinyin Měi shǔ Wéi ěr jīng Qún dǎo

United States Virgin Islands (USVI)

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
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京: jīng · capital city
群: qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
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属: shǔ · class, category, type; belong to
维: wéi · maintain, preserve, safeguard
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle
岛: dǎo · island

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3–3–2–3–1–2–3 · Mei3 shu3 Wei2 er3 jing1 Qun2 dao3

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(Mainland Chinese) United States Virgin Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States, part of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean)

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