吉里巴斯

Traditional form:

吉里巴斯

Pinyin (reading):

Jílǐbāsī

Definitions:

• Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw)

Characters:

• 吉 - lucky, propitious, good
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 吉 - lucky, propitious, good
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations