ニジェール

Japanese

Etymology

From French Niger. Doublet of ナイジャ (Naija).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ニジェ​ール [nìjéꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iʑe̞ːɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Proper noun

ニジェール • (Nijēru) 

  1. Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)
  2. Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)

See also

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  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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