大洋州
See also: 大洋洲
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 大 | 洋 | 州 |
| たい Grade: 1 |
よう Grade: 3 |
しゅう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 大洋洲 (dated) |
Etymology
[edit]Coined by Fukuzawa Yukichi in 1869 in his Sekai Kunizukushi,[1] from a compound of 大 (tai, “big, large”) + 洋 (yō, “ocean”) + 州 (shū, “continent”). 州 is a daiyōji replacing 洲.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- オセアニア (Oseania)
References
[edit]- ^ “大洋州”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 大 read as たい
- Japanese terms spelled with 洋 read as よう
- Japanese terms spelled with 州 read as しゅう
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- English terms coined by Fukuzawa Yukichi
- English coinages
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with 洲 replaced by daiyōji 州
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proper nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Oceania
- ja:Continents