ブラジル

Japanese

Alternative spellings
伯剌西爾 (obsolete) 伯刺西爾 (misspelling, obsolete) 伯西児 (obsolete) 伯国 (obsolete)

Etymology

From Portuguese Brasil.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ブラジル [bùrájírú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ɾa̠ʑiɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

ブラジル • (Burajiru)

Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)

See also

ブラジル連(れん)邦(ぽう)共(きょう)和(わ)国(こく) (Burajiru Renpō Kyōwakoku, “Federative Republic of Brazil”)
ブラジル帝(てい)国(こく) (Burajiru Teikoku, “Empire of Brazil”) (1822-1889)

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN