マサチューセッツ

Japanese
Map of US highlighting Massachusetts

Etymology

Borrowed from English Massachusetts.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) マサチューセ​ッツ [màsáchúúséꜜttsù] (Nakadaka – [5])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠sa̠t͡ɕɨᵝːse̞t̚t͡sɨᵝ]

Proper noun

マサチューセッツ • (Masachūsettsu) 

  1. Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
  2. Massachusetts (an avenue in Washington, D.C., United States)

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
  3. 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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