大城

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Chinese

big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
 city walls; city; town
simp. and trad.
(大城) 		大 城
anagram 城大
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Pronunciation 1

Proper noun

大城

  1. (～府) Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (a province of Thailand)
  2. Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (a city in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province, Thailand)
  3. (～王國) (historical) Ayutthaya Kingdom
  4. (～鄉) Dacheng (a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan)
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2

Proper noun

大城

  1. (～縣) Daicheng (a county of Langfang, Hebei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 城
おお
Grade: 1 		しろ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally “great fortress”.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

大(おお)城(しろ) • (Ōshiro) ←おほしろ (Ofosiro)?

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ “おおしろ［おほしろ］ 【大城】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Old Japanese

Etymology

Appears to be derived from a Baekje compound;[1] if so, possibly 鞬 (*k(j)ə-n, “big, great”) +‎ 城 (*sasi, “fortress”).

Pronunciation

Noun

大城 (*ko₂nisasi) (kana コニサシ)

  1. the capital of Baekje
    • 720, Nihon Shoki, Emperor Yūryaku (twentieth year of reign in winter; Zushoryō-bon glosses):
      蓋鹵王乙卯年冬、狛大軍來攻レ大-城七日七夜...
      When Gaero was king on the Wood Rabbit year in winter, an army from Köma (Goryeo) came and attacked the great fortress for seven days and seven nights.

Descendants

  • Japanese: 大城 (konisashi), in modern Japanese dictionaries

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “コニサシ 【大城】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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