See also: 西歐

Chinese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 西 – see 西歐 (“Western Europe”).
(This term is the simplified form of 西歐).
Notes:

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
西
せい
Grade: 2
おう
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
西歐 (kyūjitai)
 西欧 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Compound of 西(せい) (sei, west; western) + (おう) (ō, Europe).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

西(せい)(おう) (Seiō

  1. Western world
  2. Europe (a continent)
  3. Western Europe (a geographical region of Europe)

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN