メリケン

Japanese

Alternative spellings
米利堅 (obsolete) 弥利堅 (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English American.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) メリケン [mèríkéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ɾʲikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

メリケン • (Meriken)

(archaic) America; the United States

Synonyms

アメリカ (Amerika)

Derived terms

メリケン粉(こ) (meriken-ko)
メリケンサック (meriken sakku)
メリケン波止場(はとば) (meriken-hatoba)
メリケン針(ばり) (meriken-bari)

References

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

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