北島
Chinese edit
north | island | ||
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trad. (北島) | 北 | 島 | |
simp. (北岛) | 北 | 岛 |
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Calque of English North Island.
Proper noun edit
北島
- North Island (one of the two major islands of New Zealand)
Coordinate terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 北島 (Kitajima).
Proper noun edit
北島
- An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 北島, Kitajima
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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北 | 島 |
きた Grade: 2 |
しま > じま Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Proper noun edit
- a surname