"異国" meaning in All languages combined

See 異国 on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [iko̞kɯ̟] Forms: 異国 [canonical] (ruby: (), (こく)), ikoku [romanization]
Etymology: From Sinitic 異國 /异国 (yìguó). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zhx|-}} Sinitic Head templates: {{ja-noun|いこく}} 異(い)国(こく) • (ikoku)
  1. A foreign country; a foreign land; a country external to Japan. Synonyms: 外国 (gaikoku) (ruby: (がい), (こく)), 異邦 (ihō) (ruby: (), (ほう)) Derived forms: 異国人 (ikokujin) (ruby: (), (こく), (じん)) (english: a foreigner)
    Sense id: en-異国-ja-noun-bmie6F1K Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 72 20 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 73 19 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 72 19 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 65 20 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 59 29 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 66 27 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 19 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 8 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [iko̞kɯ̟] Forms: 異国 [canonical] (ruby: (こと), (くに)), kotokuni [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese 異 (koto, “different, other”) + 国 (kuni, “country, land”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|異|国|t1=different, other|t2=country, land|tr1=koto|tr2=kuni}} 異 (koto, “different, other”) + 国 (kuni, “country, land”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ことくに}} 異(こと)国(くに) • (kotokuni)
  1. (archaic) A different land, a strange land. Tags: archaic Synonyms (different land): 異郷 (ikyō) (ruby: (), (きょう)), 他国 (takoku), 他国 (hitokuni)
    Sense id: en-異国-ja-noun-prqDCeCV Disambiguation of 'different land': 100 0
  2. (archaic) A foreign country. Tags: archaic Synonyms (foreign country): 外国 (gaikoku) (ruby: (がい), (こく)), 異邦 (ihō) (ruby: (), (ほう))
    Sense id: en-異国-ja-noun-suU2ARDY Disambiguation of 'foreign country': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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