イギリス

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
英吉利 (dated)

イギリス on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Portuguese inglês (“English”, adjective).^[1]^[2]^[3] Compare English English (adjective), Mandarin 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, “England”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) イギリス (Heiban – )^[1]
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Proper noun

イギリス • (Igirisu)

United Kingdom (a country in Europe)
Synonyms: 英国 (Eikoku), 連合王国 (Rengō Ōkoku)
(loosely, chiefly attributive) Synonym of ブリテン (Buriten, “Britain”)
イギリス軍(ぐん)
Igirisu-gun
the British Armed Forces

イギリス陸(りく)軍(ぐん)
Igirisu Rikugun
the British Army
(loosely) Synonym of イングランド (Ingurando, “England”) (region of Great Britain)
- 2001 March 10 [1998 December 16], Motohiro Katou, “ミネルヴァの梟(ふくろう) [Owl of Minerva]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], 9th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 102:
  
  ハートのＫ(キング)はイギリスのチャールズ一(いっ)世(せい)
  Hāto no kingu wa Igirisu no Chāruzu Issei
  The king of hearts is Charles I of England

Usage notes

This is frequently attributively used in compounds, corresponding to English British (“of Britain; of the UK”, adjective).

Synonyms

英(えい) (Ei, “UK”)
英国(えいこく) (Eikoku, “UK”)
グレートブリテン及(およ)び北(きた)アイルランド連(れん)合(ごう)王(おう)国(こく) (Gurēto Buriten oyobi Kita Airurando Rengō Ōkoku, “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”)
(obsolete) エゲレス (Egeresu, “England”)
(obsolete) 諳厄利亜(アンゲリア) (Angeria, “England”)

Derived terms

イギリス人(じん) (Igirisu-jin)
イギリス英(えい)語(ご) (Igirisu Eigo)
イギリス諸(しょ)島(とう) (Igirisu Shotō)
イギリス帝(てい)国(こく) (Igirisu Teikoku, “British Empire”)
イギリス連(れん)邦(ぽう) (Igirisu Renpō)
イギリス領(りょう)インド洋(よう)地(ち)域(いき) (Igirisu ryō Indoyō Chiiki)
イギリス領(りょう)南(なん)極(きょく)地(ち)域(いき) (Igirisu ryō Nankyoku Chiiki)
イギリス領(りょう)ソマリランド (Igirisu ryō Somarirando)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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