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地域

地域

Chinese

 
earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); -ly
 
field; region; area; domain (taxonomy)
simp. and trad.
(地域)

Noun

地域

  1. area; district; geographic region

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
いき
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

地域 (hiragana ちいき, romaji chiiki)

  1. area, district, particular geographic region
    • 1940, 和辻哲郎, 孔子:
      この地域 (ちいき) (うち)種々 (しゅじゅ)民族 (みんぞく) ()み、さまざまの (くに)興亡 (こうぼう)し、さまざまの文化 (ぶんか)形成 (けいせい)せられた。
      Kono chiiki no uchi ni shuju no minzoku ga sumi, samazama no kuni ga kōbō shi, samazama no bunka ga keisei serareta.
      In this region many peoples lived, many nations rose and fell, and many cultures emerged.

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

地域 (jiyeok) (hangeul 지역)

  1. Hanja form? of 지역, “area, district, particular geographic region”.