グルジア

Japanese

Etymology

From Russian Гру́зия (Grúzija). Officially displaced by ジョージア (Jōjia) in April 2015.[1] Compare Korean 그루지야 (Geurujiya).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) グルジア [gùrújíá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝʑia̠]

Proper noun

グルジア (rōmaji Gurujia)

  1. (obsolete in formal contexts) Synonym of ジョージア (Jōjia, “Georgia”) (country)

References
  1. 国名呼称の変更（グルジア） (April 22, 2015) mofa.go.jp‎ (in Japanese), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, retrieved June 6, 2017
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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