天方

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Chinese

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day; sky; heaven
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
simp. and trad.
(天方)
anagram 方天

Etymology

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Alteration of 天房 (Tiānfáng) (per Xiyang chaogong dianlu 西洋朝貢典錄 [Records of Tributes from the Western Ocean Countries], 1520 CE).

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Proper noun

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天方

  1. (obsolete) Mecca; (in general) Arabia; Islamic countries in the Middle East

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