メリケン

Japanese

Alternative spellings
米利堅 (obsolete)
弥利堅 (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English American.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) メリケン [mèríkéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [me̞ɾʲikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

メリケン • (Meriken) 

  1. (archaic) America; the United States

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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