ジョージア
Japanese
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Georgia.
In reference to the country, this term officially displaced the Russian-derived name グルジア (Gurujia) in April 2015[1] for diplomatic reasons. Compare Korean 조지아 (Jojia).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) ジョージア [jóꜜòjìà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) ジョージア [jòójíá] (Heiban – [0])[3]
- IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːʑia̠]
Proper noun
[edit]- Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)
- Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)
References
[edit]- ^ 国名呼称の変更（グルジア） (2015 April 22) “mofa.go.jp”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (in Japanese), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, retrieved June 6, 2017
- ^ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- Name of Georgia (country)#Gruziya
- Osborn, Andrew (2011 June 28) “Georgia Lobbying Countries to Adopt Name Change”, in The Telegraph[1], retrieved 2018-03-14
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