斯高沙

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (斯高沙)		斯	高	沙

Etymology

Borrowed from English Scotia, short for Nova Scotia.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sīgāoshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ gou¹ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sīgāoshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄍㄠ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sihgaosha
    • Wade–Giles: Ssŭ¹-kao¹-sha¹
    • Yale: Sz̄-gāu-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sygausha
    • Palladius: Сыгаоша (Sygaoša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ gou¹ saa¹
    • Yale: sī gōu sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ gou¹ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ gou¹ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ saː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

斯高沙

1. (～省) (chiefly Canada) Nova Scotia

Synonyms

• 新斯高沙 (Xīn Sīgāoshā)
• 諾華斯高沙／诺华斯高沙 (Nuòhuá Sīgāoshā)
• 新斯科舍 (Xīn Sīkēshè)
• 新斯科細亞／新斯科细亚 (Xīn Sīkēxìyà)