あこう

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings

雀榕

Pronunciation

Noun

あこう or アコウ • (akō) あかほ (akafo)?

  1. Ficus superba var. japonica
Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of あこう – see the following entry.
亜綱
[noun] (taxonomy) subclass
(This term, あこう, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as あこう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あこう.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of あこう – see the following entries.
赤穂
[proper noun] (historical) A domain in Japan
[proper noun] A city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
[proper noun] A district of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
[proper noun] A town in Akō district, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
阿猴
[proper noun] (historical) Akō (a former village and subprefecture in Taiwan under Japanese rule)
Alternative spelling
アコウ
阿緱
[proper noun] (historical) Akō (a subprefecture in Takao prefecture, Taiwan under Japanese rule)
Alternative spelling
アコウ
亜港
[proper noun] (historical) Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky (a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia)
(This term, あこう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as あこう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あこう.)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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