Japanese

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Alternative spelling
仏蘭西
 フランス on Japanese Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Either directly borrowed from French France, or indirectly from English France.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ランス [fùráńsú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨ]
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Proper noun

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フランス (Furansu

  1. France (a country in Western Europe)

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN