シッキム

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sikkim.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) シッキム [shíꜜkkìmù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕi̥k̚ʲkʲimɯ̟]

Proper noun

シッキム • (Shikkimu) 

  1. Sikkim (a state in eastern India)
  2. (historical) Sikkim (a former country in South Asia that existed from the 17th century until its annexation by India in 1975)

Synonyms

  • シッキム王国(おうこく) (Shikkimu Ōkoku, “Kingdom of Sikkim”)
  • シッキム州(しゅう) (Shikkimu Shū, “State of Sikkim”)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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