伯剌西爾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伯 剌 西 爾
ぶ
Grade: S 		ら
Hyōgai 		じ
Grade: 2 		る
Jinmeiyō
irregular
Alternative spelling
伯刺西爾

Etymology

The spelling, as with most obsolete ateji, is based off of pseudo-Mandarin sound values — in this case, 伯剌西爾 would represent *bólàxī'ěr. (The regular Sino-Japanese pronunciation of 伯剌西爾 would be *はくらつせいじ (hakuratsuseiji).)

Proper noun

伯剌西爾(ブラジル) • (Burajiru) 

  1. obsolete spelling of ブラジル: Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
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