コートジボワール

Japanese

Alternative forms

コートジボアール (Kōto Jiboāru) (less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from French Côte d’Ivoire.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) コートジボワール [kòótójíbówáꜜàrù] (Nakadaka – [6])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ʑibo̞ɰᵝa̠ːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

コートジボワール • (Kōto Jibowāru)

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)

Synonyms

象(ぞう)牙(げ)海(かい)岸(がん) (Zōge Kaigan, literally “Ivory Coast”)

See also

コートジボワール共(きょう)和(わ)国(こく) (Kōto Jibowāru Kyōwakoku)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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