マサチューセッツ

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Massachusetts.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) サチューセッツ [màsáchúúséꜜttsù] (Nakadaka – [5])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠sa̠t͡ɕɨᵝːse̞t̚t͡sɨᵝ]

Proper noun

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マサチューセッツ (Masachūsettsu

  1. Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
  2. Massachusetts (an avenue in Washington, D.C., United States)

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
  3. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN