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玻里尼西亚

Bō lǐ ní xī yàdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Polynesia (Tw)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-50078002702e1ac3. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

玻里尼西亞 玻里尼西亚 [Bo1 li3 ni2 xi1 ya4] /Polynesia (Tw)/

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Other forms in these source records: 玻里尼西亞

  • 玻
    bō

    see 玻璃[bō li]

  • 里
    lǐ

    lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[lǐ] / li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels

    Lǐ

    surname Li

  • 尼
    ní

    Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings)

  • 西
    xī

    west

    Xī

    the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá] / Spanish

  • 亚
    yà

    second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [yǎ]

    Yà

    Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Yǎ]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.