彌利堅

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (彌利堅) 彌 利 堅
simp. (弥利坚) 弥 利 坚

Etymology

From English America. Attested in the Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms by Wei Yuan:

嗚呼！彌利堅國非有雄材梟傑之王也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
呜呼！弥利坚国非有雄材枭杰之王也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Wūhū! Mílìjiān guó fēi yǒu xióng cái xiāo jié zhī wáng yě. [Pinyin]
Alas! America has not an outstanding king.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

彌利堅

  1. (obsolete) United States of America
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