東南亜

See also: 東南亞

Japanese

Kanji in this term
東	南	亜
とう Grade: 2	なん Grade: 2	あ Grade: S
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Alternative spelling
東南亞 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 東(とう)南(なん) (tōnan, “southeast”) + 亜(あ) (a, “short for 亜(ア)細(ジ)亜(ア) (Ajia, “Asia”)”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーなんあ [tòónáꜜǹ'à] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [to̞ːnã̠ɰ̃a̠]

Proper noun

東(とう)南(なん)亜(あ) • (Tōnan'a) ^{←とうなんあ (Tounan'a)^?}

(obsolete) Southeast Asia (a geographic region of Asia, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam)

Synonyms

東(とう)南(なん)アジア (Tōnan Ajia) (common)