mississippi
ミシシッピ州
解説 Definition
Mississippi は、アメリカ南部のミシシッピ州を指す地名です。ミシシッピ川沿いに位置し、州名は川の名に由来します。
A state in the southern United States, located mainly along the eastern side of the lower Mississippi River. It is especially associated with the history and development of blues music and with writers such as William Faulkner.
使い方 Usage
- 州名は Mississippi と大文字で始めます。「州内で」は in Mississippi、「州出身」は from Mississippi です。 Capitalize Mississippi as a state name. Use in Mississippi for location within the state and from Mississippi for origin.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
川の東側にある南部の州を地図で思い浮かべましょう。綴りは miss–iss–ipp–i と区切ると、重なる s と p を覚えやすくなります。
Picture the southern state beside the eastern side of the Mississippi River. Break the spelling into miss–iss–ipp–i to remember the doubled s and p.
例文
We stayed in Mississippi for a week.
私たちはミシシッピ州に1週間滞在しました。
Mississippi is known for its rich musical heritage, especially blues music.
ミシシッピ州は豊かな音楽遺産、特にブルース音楽で知られています。
Many famous writers, including William Faulkner, came from Mississippi.
ウィリアム・フォークナーをはじめ、多くの有名な作家がミシシッピ州出身です。
mississippi の類義語・関連語
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mississippi の語源・成り立ち Etymology
先住民オジブウェ語 misi-ziibi(「大きな川」の意、misi=大きい、ziibi=川)に由来。フランス人探検家がこの呼称を採用し Mississippi と綴った。関連語: Missouri(同じくアルゴンキン語系の地名)。北米最長の川を指す名がそのまま州名となった。
Mississippi comes through French forms of an Ojibwe name commonly represented as misi-ziibi, meaning “great river,” from elements meaning “great” and “river.” European explorers adopted the Indigenous name for the Mississippi River, and the river name was later used for the territory and state. The modern spelling reflects its transmission through French and English rather than a direct letter-for-letter representation of the Ojibwe expression.
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