アジア
Japanese edit
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亜細亜 (dated) |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Chinese 亞細亞/亚细亚 (yàxìyà), in turn from Latin Asia. Pronunciation was probably influenced by Dutch Azië.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- Asia (a continent)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
See also edit
- 東洋 (tōyō)
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN