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阿非利加洲

Mandarin · pinyin Ā fēi lì jiā Zhōu

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阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
非: fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
利: lì · gains, advantage, profit, merit
加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
洲: zhōu · continent; island; islet

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1–1–4–1–1 · A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1

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