バチカン

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from English Vatican.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) チカン [bàchíkáń] (Heiban – [0])[4][5]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠t͡ɕikã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

バチカン • (Bachikan

  1. Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)

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References

  1. ^ バチカン”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ バチカン”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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