彌利堅

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (彌利堅)
simp. (弥利坚)

Etymology

From English America. Attested in the Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms by Wei Yuan:

嗚呼彌利堅 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
呜呼弥利坚 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Wūhū! Mílìjiān guó fēi yǒu xióng cái xiāo jié zhī wáng yě.
Alas! America has not an outstanding king.

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Proper noun

彌利堅

  1. (obsolete) United States of America