Re: kanji names of countries

kouji ueshiba wrote:
> "necoandjeff" <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>> Note, the one for Mexico was actually originally used for America
>> (when the
>> US was called Meriken) in late Edo/early Meiji. See, for example,
>> the word 墨黠慮, which has now been added to JDIC.
>
> メリケンという語とは関係なく、アメリカを「亜墨利加」と
> 書くこともありますが

春喉。

>（例えば渡辺崋山「外国事情書」）、
> 「墨黠慮」は何（どこの国？）を漢字化したものなのでしょう？

国ではなく、幕末時代（ペリー来航依頼）のアメリカ人に対しての侮辱でした。

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