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居留地

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
居 留 地
きょ
Grade: 5 		りゅう
Grade: 5 		ち
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 居留 (kyoryū, “residence, especially in a foreign country”) +‎ 地 (chi, “place, area”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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居(きょ)留(りゅう)地(ち) • (kyoryūchi) 

  1. a settlement, a concession, a place of residence for foreigners
    In Japanese history, this term was used for the Dutch concession in Nagasaki, for example. The legal constriction of only allowing foreigners to reside in official kyoryūchi was abolished in 1899.
  2. a reservation (tract of land), as for Native Americans

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
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