English
Etymology
From Japanese 四国 (しこく, Shikoku, “four provinces”), from Middle Chinese 四 (sìj, “four”) + 國 (kwok, “state”, “country”).
(dog): < Japanese 四国犬 (shikoku-inu, “Shikoku dog”), named after the island where they originated.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Shikoku
- The fourth-largest of Japan's islands.
Coordinate terms
Translations
Japanese island
- Arabic: شِيكُوكُو m (šikūkū)
- Armenian: Սիկոկու (Sikoku)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 四國 / 四国 (zh) (Sìguó)
- Hebrew: שיקוקו
- Hindi: शिकोकू (śikokū)
- Japanese: 四国 (ja) (しこく, Shikoku)
- Korean: 시코쿠 (Sikoku)
- Lithuanian: Šikoku
- Macedonian: Шико́ку n (Šikóku)
- Marathi: शिकोकु (śikoku)
- Polish: Sikoku (pl) n
- Russian: Сико́ку (ru) m (Sikóku)
- Thai: ชิโกกุ (chí-goo-gù)
- Turkish: Shikoku, Şikoku
- Urdu: شیکوکو (śikokū)
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Noun
Shikoku (plural Shikoku)
- A dog of a particular breed of Japanese origin.
Translations
dog
- Finnish: shikoku
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: shikoku n
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Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
Shikoku
- Rōmaji transcription of しこく