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花都

Mandarin · pinyin Huā dū

see 花都區 Huā dū Qū
alternative name for Paris

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花: huā · flower; blossoms
都: dōu · dū · metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined

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name · Etymology 1

(poetic) Alternative name for 巴黎 (Bālí, “Paris”).

name · Etymology 2

(～區, formerly ～市) Huadu (a district and former county-level city of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)

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