首長国

Japanese

Kanji in this term
首	長	国
しゅ Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2	こく Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
首長國 (kyūjitai)

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Etymology

首長 (shuchō, “emir”) +‎ 国 (koku, “country”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅちょーこく [shùchóꜜòkòkù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̥t͡ɕo̞ːko̞kɯ̟]

Noun

首(しゅ)長(ちょう)国(こく) • (shuchōkoku) 

1. an emirate (country ruled by an emir)

Derived terms

• アラブ首(しゅ)長(ちょう)国(こく)連(れん)邦(ぽう) (Arabu Shuchōkoku Renpō, “United Arab Emirates”)

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