こおり

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of こおり – see the following entry.

【氷】3 [noun] ice (frozen water) [noun] a cold and sharp object, as a shard of ice [noun] Short for 氷水 (kōrimizu): ice water; water filled with ice [noun] Short for 氷襲 (kōrigasane): layered clothing with the front shining white and plain white at the back [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings 凍り, 冰

(This term, こおり (kōri), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as こおり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こおり.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
郡 評 (historical)

From Old Japanese; possibly an ancient borrowing from a Koreanic source (possibly Baekje), whence Korean 고을 (goeul)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こおり [kóꜜòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

こおり • (kōri) ^{←こほり (kofori)?}

1. (archaic) county, district

Usage notes

• 評 is found in the oldest documents (see the Japanese Wikipedia).

Synonyms

• 郡(ぐん) (gun)