ホラント
Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Holland.[1][2][3][4][5]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- Holland (a region of the Netherlands)
Usage notes
Unlike the English term Holland, which is sometimes used to refer to the whole country of the Netherlands, the Japanese term ホラント (Horanto) is used to refer only to the province of Holland within the Netherlands. To refer to the country, the term オランダ (Oranda) is used instead.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ホラント王国 (Horanto Ōkoku, “Kingdom of Holland”)
- 北ホラント (Kita Horanto); ノルトホラント (Noruto Horanto, “North Holland”)
- 南ホラント (Minami Horanto); ゾイトホラント (Zoito Horanto, “South Holland”)
See also
- オランダ (Oranda, “Netherlands”)
- ホランド (Horando)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “ホラント”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
- ^ “ホラント”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- ^ “ホラント”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998