東南亜

See also: 東南亞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	南	亜
とう Grade: 2	なん Grade: 2	あ Grade: S
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
東南亞 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 東(とう)南(なん) (tōnan, “southeast”) + 亜(あ) (a, “short for 亜(ア)細(ジ)亜(ア) (Ajia, “Asia”)”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーなんあ [tòónáꜜǹ'à] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːnã̠ɰ̃a̠]

Proper noun

東(とう)南(なん)亜(あ) • (Tōnan'a) ^{←とうなんあ (Tounan'a)?}

1. (obsolete) Southeast Asia

Synonyms

• 東(とう)南(なん)アジア (Tōnan Ajia) (common)