長崎県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長 崎 県
なが
Grade: 2 		さき
Grade: 4 		けん
Grade: 3
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
長崎縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 長崎 (Nagasaki) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ながさきけん [nàgásákíꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɡa̠sa̠kʲikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

長(なが)崎(さき)県(けん) • (Nagasaki-ken) 

  1. a prefecture of Japan comprising the western part of 九州 (Kyūshū, “Kyushu”) facing the Sea of Japan and nearby islands; its capital city is also 長崎 (Nagasaki)

See also

prefectures of Japan: 日本edit

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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