居留地

Japanese
Kanji in this term
居 留 地
きょ
Grade: 5		 りゅう
Grade: 5		 ち
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 居留 (kyoryū, “residence, especially in a foreign country”) +‎ 地 (chi, “place, area”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

居留地 (hiragana きょりゅうち, rōmaji kyoryūchi)

  1. a settlement, a concession, a place of residence for foreigners
    In Japanese history, this term was used for the Dutch concession in Nagasaki, for example. The legal constriction of only allowing foreigners to reside in official kyoryūchi was abolished in 1899.
  2. a reservation (tract of land), as for Native Americans

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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