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麥加

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Mandarin · pinyin Mài jiā

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
麦: mài · wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of Kangxi radical 199

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4–1 · Mai4 jia1

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name

Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia; the holiest place in Islam)

noun

(figurative) place many people wish to visit

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