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美拉尼西亞

简美拉尼西亚 · 繁美拉尼西亞

Mandarin · pinyin Měi lā ní xī yà

Melanesia

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
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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3–1–2–1–4 · Mei3 la1 ni2 xi1 ya4

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Melanesia (a continental region of Oceania, consisting of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji)

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