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英吉利

英吉利

Chinese

 
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; (abbrev) Britain; English
 
lucky; fortunate; auspicious; propitious
simp. and trad.
(英吉利) 		英 吉利

Proper noun

英吉利

  1. (dated) Alternative term for 英格蘭／英格兰 (Yīnggélán, “England”).

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (英吉利):

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
英 吉 利
い
Grade: 4 		ぎ
Grade: S 		りす
Grade: 4
Irregular

Etymology

From Portuguese inglês ‎(“English”). The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Mandarin 英吉利 ‎(Yīngjílì, “England”).

Proper noun

英吉利 ‎(katakana イギリス, romaji Igirisu)

  1. Rare spelling of イギリス.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
英 吉 利

Proper noun

英吉利

  1. Hán tự form of Anh Cát Lợi, “England”

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching from a word in a European language meaning “English”. Compare English English.

Pronunciation

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