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Sana is the capital city of Yemen, the country at the south-west corner of Arabia. English news also Sanaa and Sana'a; those are the same city, not three places. It sits high in the mountains, inland — not a port.
Sana沙那 is是 the capital city of Yemen葉門的首都, the country at the south-west corner of Arabia也就是位於阿拉伯半島西南角的那個國家. English news also writes Sanaa and Sana'a英文新聞也會寫成Sanaa或Sana'a; those are the same city這些指的是同一座城市, not three places不是三個不同的地方. It sits high in the mountains它座落在高山上, inland地處內陸 — not a port不是港口.
For a long time it was the capital of North Yemen; after North and South Yemen joined into one country in 1990, maps called Sana the capital of the whole Yemen.
For a long time它有很長一段時間 it was the capital of North Yemen是北葉門的首都; after North and South Yemen joined into one country in 1990等1990年南北葉門合併成一個國家之後, maps called Sana the capital of the whole Yemen地圖上就把沙那標成整個葉門的首都.
Though actually, Yemen has been at war for years, and the government that many other countries still talk to has often sat in Aden, by the sea, while other groups have held Sana. Geography books still print Sana as the capital.
Though actually不過其實, Yemen has been at war for years葉門已經打了好幾年的仗, and the government that many other countries still talk to而許多國家仍然承認、往來的那個政府 has often sat in Aden常常設在亞丁, by the sea一個濱海城市, while other groups have held Sana而其他勢力則佔著沙那. Geography books still print Sana as the capital地理課本上仍然把沙那印成首都.
You do not translate the name; you say Sana. Speakers do not all stress it the same way; a common English way is roughly sa-NAH.
You do not translate the name這個地名不用意譯, you say Sana直接說Sana就好. Speakers do not all stress it the same way不同的人重音唸法不太一樣; a common English way is roughly sa-NAH英文常見的唸法大概是sa-NAH.
組成A place name borrowed from Arabic Ṣanʿāʾ. English keeps the name; it does not turn it into a meaning-word.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Sananame
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A female given name.
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A surname.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。