大分県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	分	県
おお Grade: 1	いた Grade: 2	けん Grade: 3
kun'yomi	nanori	kan'on

Alternative spelling
大分縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 大分 (Ōita, “Oita”) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおいたけん [òóítáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːita̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

大(おお)分(いた)県(けん) • (Ōita-ken) ^{←おほいたけん (Ofoitaken)^?}

a prefecture in Japan on the northeastern part of 九州 (Kyūshū, “Kyushu”) facing the Pacific Ocean; its capital city is also 大分 (Ōita, “Oita”)

See also

豊後(ぶんご) (Bungo)
豊前(ぶぜん) (Buzen)

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