阿留申群岛

Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)

old variant of 留[liu2]

to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

old variant of 留[liu2]

abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]

flatter

(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with

variant of 島|岛[dao3]

island / CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]

variant of 群[qun2]

group / crowd / flock, herd, pack etc

group of islands / archipelago

old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / surname Shen

to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°