利未亞

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (利未亞)		利	未	亞
simp. (利未亚)		利	未	亚

Etymology

From Latin Libya. Doublet of 利比亞 / 利比亚 (Lìbǐyà).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lìwèiyà, Lìwèiyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄚˋ, ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lìwèiyà
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lìwèiyà
    • Wade–Giles: Li⁴-wei⁴-ya⁴
    • Yale: Lì-wèi-yà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lihweyyah
    • Palladius: Ливэйя (Livɛjja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ jä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lìwèiyǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lìwèiyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Li⁴-wei⁴-ya³
    • Yale: Lì-wèi-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lihweyyea
    • Palladius: Ливэйя (Livɛjja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

利未亞

1. (～洲) (obsolete) Africa

   • 因其地居三大州之中，凡亞細亞、歐邏巴、利未亞之富商大賈多聚此地。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     因其地居三大州之中，凡亚细亚、欧逻巴、利未亚之富商大贾多聚此地。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1623, Giulio Aleni, 職方外紀

     Yīn qí dì jū sān dà zhōu zhī zhōng, fán Yàxìyà, Ōuluóbā, Lìwèiyà zhī fùshāng dàgǔ duō jù cǐ dì. [Pinyin]

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