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阿拉伯

Mandarin · pinyin Ā lā bó

Arabian
Arabic
Arab

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阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
伯: bó · older brother; father's elder brother; senior male 'sire'; feudal rank 'count'

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1–1–2 · A1 la1 bo2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

aa3 laai1 baak3

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name

Arabia (a peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
(broader sense) Arabia (the region of West Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

adj

(attributive) Arabian; Arabic

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