suffolk
サフォーク
解説 Definition
Suffolk はイングランド東部の州 Suffolk を指す固有名詞です。地名として使われ、文中では通常 Suffolk のように大文字で書かれます。
Suffolk is a county in eastern England, bordering the North Sea. As a geographical proper name, it is capitalized and commonly follows prepositions in expressions such as live in Suffolk, travel through Suffolk, or come from Suffolk.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
地名 Suffolk は古英語の south「南」系の要素と folk「人々」から成り、「南の人々」の土地が核です。反対側の Norfolk が north＋folk に対応することと対で覚えましょう。州名なので通常は Suffolk と大文字にし、live in Suffolk、drive through Suffolk の形で使います。
Break the historical name into two familiar ideas: south and folk. Suffolk originally referred to the territory of the “southern people,” while Norfolk referred to the “northern people.” Remembering these two English counties as a pair makes the name much easier to recognize. Because this entry is a place name, write it with a capital S: Suffolk. Practice it in natural location phrases such as live in Suffolk, drive through Suffolk, and a village in Suffolk. The modern pronunciation does not clearly preserve every letter, so rely on the south-plus-folk history mainly for meaning and spelling.
例文
My friend lives in Suffolk.
私の友人はサフォークに住んでいます。
We drove through Suffolk on a quiet morning.
私たちは静かな朝にサフォークを車で通りました。
The guidebook has a short chapter about Suffolk.
そのガイドブックにはサフォークについての短い章があります。
suffolk の類義語・関連語
紛らわしい語
suffolk の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Suffolk は古英語の suth「南」と folc「人々・民」に由来し、もとは「南の人々の土地」の意味です。Norfolk（北の人々の地）と対になる地名で、方角と住民名がそのまま地名化したと考えると覚えやすいです。関連語は south, folk。
Suffolk comes from Old English Suthfolci or related forms referring to the “southern people.” The first element corresponds to modern south, and the second to folk, “people.” The name distinguished these inhabitants and their territory from the “northern people” associated with Norfolk. Over time, the description became established as the name of the county in eastern England, while its spelling and pronunciation developed into their modern forms.
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