こおり

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Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of こおり – see the following entry.
3
ice (frozen water)
a cold and sharp object, as a shard of ice
Short for 氷水 (kōrimizu): ice water; water filled with ice
Short for 氷襲 (kōrigasane): layered clothing with the front shining white and plain white at the back
a female given name
a surname
Alternative spellings
凍り,
(This term, こおり (kōri), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as こおり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こおり.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings

(historical)
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From Old Japanese; possibly an ancient borrowing from a Koreanic source (possibly Baekje), whence Korean 고을 (goeul)).

Pronunciation

Noun

こおり (kōriこほり (kofori)?

  1. (archaic) county, district
Usage notes
  • is found in the oldest documents (see the Japanese Wikipedia).
Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN