アーカンソー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Arkansas,[1][2] from French pronunciation of Siouan akakaze, meaning “land of downriver people” in Quapaw and “people of the south wind” in Dakota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠ːkã̠ɰ̃so̞ː]

Proper noun

アーカンソー (rōmaji Ākansō)

  1. (~州) Arkansas (state)
  2. (~川) Arkansas (river)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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