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馬紹爾群島

简马绍尔群岛 · 繁馬紹爾群島

Mandarin · pinyin Mǎ shào ěr Qún dǎo

Marshall Islands

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馬: Look up this written character
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群: qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
島: Look up this written character
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
绍: shào · continue, carry on; join
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle
岛: dǎo · island

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3–4–3–2–3 · Ma3 shao4 er3 Qun2 dao3

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maa5 siu6 ji5 kwan4 dou2

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Marshall Islands (a country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)

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