Idahoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Uncertain; possibly from Plains Apache ídaahȩ́ (“Comanche”), though the Oxford English Dictionary states that the development of the state’s name from that word remains undocumented. The name Idaho was said to have been considered around 1860 for what was eventually called the Colorado Territory (now the state of Colorado) in 1861, and in 1863 was given to Idaho County (now part of Idaho); the county was named after a steamship launched on the Columbia River in 1860.

The eccentric political lobbyist George Maurice Willing, Jr. (c. 1829 – 1874) claimed to have coined the name after a girl named Ida, though saying it was a Shoshoni term meaning “gem of the mountains” (no such term exists), but evidence suggests that there was use of the name in Colorado pre-dating Willing’s arrival in the West in 1859.

The common noun (“type of potato”) is derived from the name of the state.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈaɪdəhəʊ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈaɪdəˌhoʊ/
• ハイフネーション: Ida‧ho

固有名詞

Idaho

1. A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Boise.
   • 2020 January 20, Harmeet Kaur, “Marijuana sales on the Oregon-Idaho border are 420% higher than average, an analysis finds. Yes, you read that right”, in CNN‎:

     Oregon’s uptick in marijuana sales along the Idaho border doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s all Idahoans who are lighting up, Lehner said.

2. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio, United States, named for Idaho Territory.
3. University of Idaho

派生語

名詞

Idaho (plural Idahos)

1. In full Idaho potato: a variety of potato grown in Idaho, especially the Russet Burbank.

参考

参照

Further reading

• Idaho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Idaho, proper n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

アナグラム

• hoida