デリー

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English Delhi,[1][2][3] ultimately from Urdu دہلی (dihlī, dehlī).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

デリー • (Derī) 

  1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

Etymology 2

From English Derry.

Proper noun

デリー • (Derī) 

  1. Derry (a county of Northern Ireland)
  2. Derry (a city in Northern Ireland)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 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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