メリケン

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
米利堅 (obsolete)
弥利堅 (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English American.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

メリケン (Meriken

  1. (archaic) America; the United States

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References

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