How to say 'Netherlands' in Japanese | オランダ

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The Japanese word for Netherlands is 'Oranda', written as オランダ in Japanese.

word

オランダ

Meaning

Netherlands

Reading

Oranda

Explanation

The Japanese proper noun 'オランダ (oranda)' refers to the country 'Netherlands'. This term is commonly used in Japanese to denote the country, its people, or things related to it. Historically, 'オランダ' was also used to refer to Dutch people and Dutch-related items during the Edo period when the Netherlands was one of the few Western countries allowed to trade with Japan. Example sentences: I want to visit the Netherlands「オランダに行きたい」(オランダにいきたい). This cheese is from the Netherlands「このチーズはオランダ産です」(このチーズはオランダさんです).

Part Of Speech

proper noun

Frequency

3388

Composition

katakana

Handwriting

Katakana in the Word オランダ

This word contains 4 Katakana characters :

katakana

オ

Reading

katakana

ラ

Reading

katakana

ン

Reading

katakana

ダ

Reading

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'Oranda' means 'Netherlands' .

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