和蘭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
和 蘭
お
Grade: 3		 らんだ
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Etymology

The kanji spelling is ateji (当て字), contracted from 和蘭陀. Compare Chinese 荷蘭. See the main entry at オランダ for full details.

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) オランダ [òráńdá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [o̞ɾã̠nda̠]
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Proper noun

和蘭 (katakana オランダ, rōmaji Oranda)

  1. Rare spelling of オランダ (“Netherlands”).

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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