Нью-Джерсі

Ukrainian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nʲju ˈd͡ʒɛrsʲi]
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Proper noun

Нью-Дже́рсі • (Nʹju-Džérsi) m inan (indeclinable, relational adjective ньюдже́рсинський)

  1. New Jersey (a state of the United States)

Usage notes

In Ukrainian, non-Slavic proper nouns and most loanwords ending in -о or -і are indeclinable and take on the gender of their superordinate. Thus, Нью-Джерсі is masculine because штат (štat, “state”) is also masculine.

Derived terms
  • ньюдже́рсинець (nʹjudžérsynecʹ)
  • ньюдже́рсинка (nʹjudžérsynka)
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