葛法翁

Mandarin · pinyin Gě fǎ wēng

Meanings

  1. Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee)
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葛
gé · edible bean; surname
法
fǎ · law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French
翁
wēng · old man; father, father-in-law
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3–3–1 · Ge3 fa3 weng1

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got3 faat3 jung1

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name

  1. (Catholicism) Capernaum

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