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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
非洲 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
非洲 =
ㄈㄟ ㄓㄡ · Fēizhōu
proper noun — Africa, the continent

字源 FORM — what the parts do

Africa (非洲)Fēishort for 阿非利加, which renders the sound of "Africa"
continent (大洲)zhōu氵 water around the land; 州 zhōu gives the sound
非洲,是非的非,亞洲的洲。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一塊大地(),借「阿利加」的尾音()來叫——
A great continent (洲), called by the tail sound of 阿非利加 / "Africa" (非).
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