カイロ

See also: かいろ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cairo.

Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    カイロ • (Kairo) 

    1. Cairo (the capital of Egypt)
    2. Cairo (a governorate of Egypt)

    Etymology 2
    For pronunciation and definitions of カイロ – see the following entry.
    【懐炉かいろ】
    [noun] bosom-warmer; body-warmer
    [noun] (by extension) handwarmer
    (This term, カイロ, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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