寒武

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Chinese

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(寒武)

Etymology

Short for 寒武利亞寒武利亚, which is orthographic borrowing from Japanese ateji of 寒武利亜(カンブリア) (Kanburia, Cambria), coined by Kotora Jimbo in 1891.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

寒武

  1. the Cambrian

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