オハイオ州

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゅう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of オハイオ (Ohaio, Ohio) +‎ (-shū, state).[1]

As with many place names in Japanese, this term consists of [placename]-[type of place].

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ハイオしゅう [òháíóꜜshùù] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • IPA(key): [o̞ha̠io̞ɕɨː]

Proper noun

オハイオ(しゅう) • (Ohaio-Shū

  1. the full form of オハイオ (Ohio (a state of the United States))

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN