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Chinese
Etymology
From French Paris. Attested as early as 1838, in 古今萬國綱鑑 by German missionary Karl Gützlaff.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
巴黎
- Paris (the capital and largest city of France; department of Île-de-France)
艾菲爾鐵塔是巴黎的標誌性建築。 [MSC, trad.]
艾菲尔铁塔是巴黎的标志性建筑。 [MSC, simp.]- Àifēi'ěr Tiětǎ shì Bālí de biāozhìxìng jiànzhù.
- The Eiffel Tower is Paris's landmark structure.
1866, 斌椿, 乘槎筆記; republished volume 2, Tokyo: 袋屋龜次郎, 1872, page 26:
二十三日,晴,駐巴黎海關,免驗行李,街市繁華,氣局闊大,又勝於里昂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
二十三日,晴,驻巴黎海关,免验行李,街市繁华,气局阔大,又胜于里昂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- Èrshísānrì, qíng, zhù bālí hǎiguān, miǎn yàn xínglǐ, jiēshì fánhuá, qìjú kuòdà, yòu shèngyú Lǐ'áng.
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See also
- (not to be confused with) 巴里 (Bālǐ) or 巴厘 (Bālí)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
巴黎
- chữ Hán form of Ba Lê (“Paris”).