大城

Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
city walls; city; town
simp. and trad.
(大城)
anagram 城大

Pronunciation 1


Proper noun

大城

  1. () Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (a province of Thailand)
  2. Ayutthaya (a city in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand)
  3. (historical) (王國) Ayutthaya Kingdom
  4. (區域) Taesŏng (a district of Pyongyang, North Korea)
  5. () Dacheng (a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan)
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2


Proper noun

大城

  1. () Daicheng (a county of Langfang, Hebei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
しろ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally “great fortress”.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おしろ [òóshíró] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːɕiɾo̞]

Proper noun

(おお)(しろ) • (Ōshiroおほしろ (Ofosiro)?

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ おおしろ[おほしろ] 【大城】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Old Japanese

Etymology

Appears to be derived from a Baekje compound;[1] if so, possibly (*k(j)ə-n, big, great) +‎ (*sasi, fortress).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) サシ [kòníꜜsàshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɲ̟isa̠ɕi]

Noun

大城 (*ko₂nisasi) (kana コニサシ)

  1. the capital of Baekje
    • 720, Nihon Shoki, Emperor Yūryaku (twentieth year of reign [c. 476 CE] in winter; Zushoryō-bon glosses):
      蓋鹵王乙卯年冬、大軍來攻-七日七夜...
      When Gaero was king on the Wood Rabbit year [475 CE] in winter, an army from Köma (Goryeo) came and attacked the great fortress [or capital] for seven days and seven nights.

Descendants

  • Japanese: 大城 (konisashi), in modern Japanese dictionaries

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 コニサシ 【大城】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here