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市内 = urban area,窩 = 巢 only for birds (mandarin)

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市内 = urban area, in contrast with 郊區 = suburb

窩 = 巢 only for birds
In mandarin one can say 鳥窩 or 鳥巢, but would only say 狗窩 instead of 狗巢
In Cantonese there's no such use of 窩, we only say 鳥巢 & 狗竇 (or 雀竇)

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