Japanese

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 アーカンソー (曖昧さ回避) on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Arkansas,[1][2] from French pronunciation of Siouan, meaning “land of downriver people” in Quapaw/Kansa and “people of the south wind” in Dakota/Lakota.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [a̠ːkã̠ɰ̃so̞ː]

Proper noun

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アーカンソー (Ākansō

  1. (~) Arkansas (a state of the United States)
  2. (~) Arkansas (river)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN