徳島県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
徳	島	県
とく Grade: 4	しま Grade: 3	けん Grade: 3
on'yomi	kun'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
德島縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 徳島 (Tokushima) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とくしまけん [tòkúshímáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ɕima̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

徳(とく)島(しま)県(けん) • (Tokushima-ken)

a prefecture of Japan in the eastern part of 四国 (Shikoku) facing the Seto Inland Sea; its capital city is also 徳島 (Tokushima)

See also

阿波(あわ) (Awa)

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