米州

See also: 米洲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
米	州
べい Grade: 2	しゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
米洲

Etymology

州 is a daiyōji replacing 洲.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) べーしゅう [béꜜèshùù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) べーしゅう [bèéshúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [be̞ːɕɨː]

Noun

米(べい)州(しゅう) • (beishū) ^{←べいしう (beisiu)^?}

America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)

Synonyms

アメリカ州(しゅう) (amerikashū)

Derived terms

米(べい)州(しゅう)機(き)構(こう) (Beishūkikō, “Organization of American States”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN