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

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

(～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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