羅府
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 羅 | 府 |
| ら Grade: S |
ふ Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology edit
羅 (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese 羅省枝利 (lo4 saang2 zi1 lei6)) + 府 (fu, “prefecture”), coined by poet Funabashi Moshichi (船橋茂七) in 1894 for use in a Chinese poem (漢詩).[1]
Proper noun edit
- (dated) Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
Synonyms edit
- ロサンゼルス (Rosanzerusu)