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--- Other place names
a Asia   Ref. 亜 [-a]
亜米利加 amerika America   Ref. 亜 [-a]
黒海 kokkai the Black Sea   Ref. 黒 [black]
中央アジア chūō ajia central Asia   Ref. 央 [center]
東洋 tōyō the Orient 洋 [ocean]  Ref. 東 [east]
北海道 Hokkaidō Hokkaido 海 [ocean] | 道 [road]  Ref. 北 [north]
太平洋 taiheiyō The Big Ocean (= Pacific Ocean)   Ref. 洋 [ocean]
西洋 seiyō the Occident | the West   Ref. 洋 [ocean]
南海 nankai The Southern Sea[s]   Ref. 南 [south]
黄海 kōkai the Yellow Sea   Ref. 黃 [yellow]