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米国

米国

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 米國.
(This term, 米国, is the simplified form of 米國.)
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Japanese

Kanji in this term
べい
Grade: 2
こく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

The second kanji character in 亜米利加 (America, America) + (koku, country). The reason the second character is used instead of the first is because is already in use as the abbreviation for 亜細亜 (Ajia, Asia).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

米国 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 米國, hiragana べいこく, romaji Beikoku)

  1. the United States of America

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