三重県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	重	県
み Grade: 1	え Grade: 3	けん Grade: 3
kun'yomi		kan'on

Alternative spelling
三重縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 三重 (Mie) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みえけん [mìéꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mʲie̞kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

三(み)重(え)県(けん) • (Mie-ken) ^{←みへけん (Mifeken)^?}

a prefecture in the 近畿 (Kinki) region of Japan facing the Pacific Ocean; its capital city is 津 (Tsu)

See also

References

^ 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