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Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiàluò
"警方目前仍然不知道他的下落。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
About where; approximately in what place.
"Whereabouts did you leave the car keys?"
- 1
The place where someone or something is; the general location.
"His current whereabouts remain unknown to the police."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the interrogative adverb 'where' (from Old English 'hwǣr') and the preposition 'about' (from Old English 'on būtan', meaning on the outside or around). It emerged in late Middle English as a compound indicating the general location or surrounding area of a person or object.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Whereabouts" is said worldwide
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lieu où se trouve
Transliteration: ljø u sə truv
"On ignore toujours le lieu où il se trouve."
Aufenthaltsort
Transliteration: ˈaʊf.ɛnt.haltstɔʁt
"Sein genauer Aufenthaltsort ist unbekannt."
dove si trova
Transliteration: dove si trova
"Non si conosce il luogo esatto in cui si trova."
paradero
Transliteration: pa.ɾaˈde.ɾo
"Se desconoce el paradero exacto del sospechoso."
paradeiro
Transliteration: pa.ɾaˈde.ɾu
"O paradeiro dele continua desconhecido."
अता-पता
Transliteration: ata-pata
"पुलिस को अभी तक उसका कोई अता-पता नहीं मिला है।"
下落
Transliteration: xiàluò
"警方目前仍然不知道他的下落。"
행방
Transliteration: haengbang
"경찰은 용의자의 행방을 쫓고 있다."
行方
Transliteration: yukue
"彼の現在の行方は分かっていない。"
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