グルジア

Japanese

Etymology

From Russian Гру́зия (Grúzija). Officially displaced by ジョージア in April 2015.[1] Compare Korean 그루지야 (Geurujiya).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) グルジア [gùrújíá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝʑia̠]

Proper noun

グルジア • (Gurujia) 

  1. (obsolete in formal contexts) Synonym of ジョージア: Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

References
  1. 国名呼称の変更（グルジア） (2015 April 22) “mofa.go.jp”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (in Japanese), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, retrieved June 6, 2017
  2. 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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