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美拉尼西亚

Měi lā ní xī yàdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Melanesia
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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-73092c8991c24e81. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

美拉尼西亞 美拉尼西亚 [Mei3 la1 ni2 xi1 ya4] /Melanesia/

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Other forms in these source records: 美拉尼西亞

  • 美
    měi

    beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

    Měi

    (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó])

  • 拉
    lā

    to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

    lá

    to make a cut in (sth) / to slit / to gash / to slash

    là

    used in 拉拉蛄[là là gǔ]

  • 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.