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Japanese
Etymology 1
Borrowing from English Delhi,[1][2][3] ultimately from Urdu دہلی (dihlī, dehlī).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
デリー • (Derī)
- Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)
Etymology 2
From English Derry.
Proper noun
デリー • (Derī)
- Derry (a county of Northern Ireland)
- Derry (a city in Northern Ireland)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN