植民地

Japanese

Kanji in this term
植	民	地
しょく Grade: 3	みん Grade: 4	ち Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

植民 (shokumin, “colonization”) +‎ 地 (chi, “land”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) しょくみんち [shòkúmíꜜǹchì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝmʲĩɲ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

植民地 (hiragana しょくみんち, rōmaji shokuminchi)

a colony (region or governmental unit)

Derived terms

植 (しょく)民 (みん)地 (ち)主 (しゅ)義 (ぎ) (shokuminchi shugi)

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