See also: 罗省

Chinese

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phonetic province
trad. (羅省)
simp. (罗省)

Etymology

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Phono-semantic matching of English Los Angeles.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably actually shortened from 羅省枝利”)

Compare Japanese 羅府 (Rafu, Los Angeles) and Korean 나성(羅城) (Naseong, Los Angeles).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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羅省

  1. (dated or dialectal) Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)

Synonyms

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