砵市

Japanese

Kanji in this term
砵	市
ぽ Hyōgaiji	し Grade: 2
irregular	on’yomi

Glyph origin

砵 (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese 砵崙／砵仑 (but3 leon4)) +‎ 市 (“city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [po̞ɕi]

Proper noun

砵市(ポし) • (Po-shi) 

1. (obsolete) Short for ポートランド市 (Pōtorando-shi, “Portland (a city in Oregon, United States)”).
   • 1915, “第貳編　オレゴン州”, in 在米の闘士, page 76:

     砵市コーチ街三〇四

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1920 May 27, 央州日報 [The Oregon News], page 2:

     砵市第四街七十四番半

     784 N. 4th St., Portland Oregon

   • https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/?a=d&d=tnw19220821-01.1.3
   • https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/?a=d&d=osn19210727-01.1.1