南塔基特 (Nántǎjītè): Nantucket (island and town in M…

南塔基特 (Nántǎjītè) is the standard Chinese transliteration of Nantucket, a small island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In the 19th century it was the world's whaling capital, and Herman Melville set the early chapters of Moby-Dick (《白鲸》) there. Today it's a historic vacation spot.

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Each syllable is purely phonetic: 南 'Nan', 塔 'ta(ck)', 基 'ke' [Mandarin jī], 特 'te(t)'. The 南 ('south') hint actually fits — Nantucket sits south of Cape Cod — but that's coincidence.