プレーリー

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Japanese

Etymology

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Borrowed from English prairie.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

プレーリー (purērī

  1. prairie
    Synonym: 大草原
    (たん)(そう)プレーリー
    tansō purērī
    shortgrass prairie
  2. the Great Plains
    • 2011 May 18, “Kanada, kichōna mizutori no seisokuchi hozen no tame purērī no tochi o shutoku”, in EIC:
      (こう)(だい)プレーリー(ほく)(べい)(だい)(そう)(げん)()(たい))に()()するこの()(いき)は、(ほく)(べい)(みず)(とり)(かん)()(けい)(かく)(かつ)(どう)(たい)(しょう)(しゅ)であるオナガガモの(しゅ)(よう)(せい)(そく)()であり
      Kōdai na purērī (Hokubei no daisōgen chitai) ni ichi suru kono chīki wa, Hokubei mizutori kanri keikaku no katsudō no taishō shu dearu onagagamo no shuyō seisokuchi deari
      Located in the vast Great Plains (North America's grassland area), this region is the main habitat of the northern pintail, which is a target of the North American waterfowl control program

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ プレーリー”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006