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阿爾坎塔拉

简阿尔坎塔拉 · 繁阿爾坎塔拉

Mandarin · pinyin Ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā

Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Alcantara, Brazil space launch site

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阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
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坎: kǎn · pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis; trigram ☵; hexagram ䷜
塔: tǎ · tower, spire, tall building
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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1–3–3–3–1 · A1 er3 kan3 ta3 la1

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