ルリノジコ

Meanings

1

noun

indigo bunting

usually written using kana alone

A small North American songbird (Passerina cyanea); the name is used in ornithological contexts.

ルリノジコは北きたアメリカで見みられる美うつくしい青あおい鳥とりです。
The indigo bunting is a beautiful blue bird found in North America.

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Built from

瑠る璃り+ノジコ

Written forms

ルリノジコ
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling for this bird species.
瑠る璃り野の路じ子こ
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used. The bird name is normally written in katakana.

Etymology

The Japanese name ルリノジコ is a compound of 瑠璃 (ruri, 'lapis lazuli; deep blue') and 野路子 (nojiko, 'Japanese yellow bunting'), referring to its blue color and bunting family. The exact derivation is uncertain.