奥州

Japanese
Kanji in this term
奥 州
おう
Grade: S		 しゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
奧州 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) お​ーしゅう [óꜜòshùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːɕɨᵝː]

Proper noun

奥(おう)州(しゅう) • (Ōshū) ←あうしう (ausiu)?

  1. Mutsu Province, an old province of Japan, made up of the present-day prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori, and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture

Synonyms

Descendants
  • → English: Osju, Voxu
  • → Latin:

References
  1. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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