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亞太

aa3 taai3

ya3 tai4 (Taiwan), ya4 tai4 (PRC)

The Asia Pacific region | Short for 亞洲太平洋 | Essentially East Asia (NE Asia and SE Asia), Oceania (Australasia) and, depending on who you ask, South Asia (the Indian Subcontinent) and Central Asia. West Asia (Middle East) is not included.

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,680,000

亞太 / 亚太

亞 aa3 ya4 - second; Asia
太 taai3 tai4 - too, extremely

This word was added by tym on 15th Oct 2004 and last edited on 5th Feb 2007

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