亚 历 山 大 里 亚

Yà lì shān dà lǐ yàdictionary entry

Alexandria

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Original source entry:

亞歷山大里亞亚历山大里亚 [Ya4 li4 shan1 da4 li3 ya4] /Alexandria/

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Other forms in these source records: 亞歷山大里亞

亚
yà
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [yǎ]
Yà
Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Yǎ]
历
lì
calendar / to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / history
山
shān
mountain / hill (CL:座[zuò]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
Shān
surname Shan
大
dà
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài
see 大夫[dài fu]
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
亚
yà
second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. [yǎ]
Yà
Asia / Asian / Taiwan pr. [Yǎ]

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