バチカン

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from English Vatican.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) チカン [bàchíkáń] (Heiban – [0])[4][5]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠t͡ɕikã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

バチカン • (Bachikan) 

  1. the Vatican, Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)

See also

References

  1. バチカン”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. バチカン”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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