費府

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
費 府
フィラデルフィア
Grade: 5 Grade: 4
jukujikun

Rare jukujikun (熟字訓) kanji spelling for フィラデルフィア (Firaderufia, “Philadelphia”). Apparently derived from 費 as the first character of a former Chinese-derived spelling 費拉特費, suffixed with the character 府 denoting a governmental or geographic center.

For pronunciation and definitions of 費府 – see the following entry.
【フィラデルフィア】
[proper noun] Philadelphia (a city in Pennsylvania)
[proper noun] Philadelphia (a city in Mississippi)
[proper noun] Philadelphia (a town in New York)
[proper noun] Philadelphia (a city in Tennessee)
[proper noun] Philadelphia (a village in England)
[proper noun] Philadelphia (a town in South Africa)
[proper noun] (historical) Philadelphia (a city of the Decapolis; modern Amman, Syria)
[proper noun] (historical) Philadelphia (a city in Lydia; modern Alaşehir, Turkey)
[proper noun] Filadelfia (a town in Italy)
[proper noun] Filadelfia (a city in Paraguay)
[proper noun] Filadelfia (a town in Colombia)
[proper noun] Filadelfia (a town in Costa Rica)
[proper noun] Filadélfia (a town in Bahia, Brazil)
[proper noun] Filadélfia (a town in Tocantins, Brazil)
[proper noun] Filadélfia (a town in Amazonas, Brazil)
Alternative spelling
費拉特費
(This term, 費府, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
費 府
ひ
Grade: 5		 ふ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

The regular on'yomi pronunciation of the rare kanji spelling for Philadelphia.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [çiɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

費(ひ)府(ふ) • (Hifu) 

  1. (rare) Philadelphia

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