蘇門他拉
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Chinese[edit]
(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet |
opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division |
he; him; other | to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw | ||
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trad. (蘇門他拉) | 蘇 | 門 | 他 | 拉 | |
simp. (苏门他拉) | 苏 | 门 | 他 | 拉 |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Malay Sumatra from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
蘇門他拉
- (obsolete) Sumatra
- 蘇門他拉,此為長島,與牙瓦島以孫他海峽相隔。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1843, 魏源 (Wei Yuan), 《海國圖志·卷十五 》 (Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms)
- Sūméntālā, cǐ wèi cháng dǎo, yǔ Yáwǎ dǎo yǐ Sūntā hǎixiá xiànggé. [Pinyin]
- Sumatra is the "long island", and is separated from Java by the Sunda Strait.
苏门他拉,此为长岛,与牙瓦岛以孙他海峡相隔。 [MSC, simp.]