also: ロサンゼルス
noun
Obsolete ateji spelling for Los Angeles, used historically in Japanese newspapers and documents. The reading ロサンゼルス is a gikun (meaning-based reading) applied to the kanji 羅府.
戦前の新聞では、ロサンゼルスを「羅府」と書くことがあった。
In pre-war newspapers, Los Angeles was sometimes written as 羅府.
Obsolete ateji spelling for Los Angeles, used historically in Japanese newspapers and documents.
Modern standard katakana spelling for Los Angeles.
Ateji (kanji used for phonetic value) for Los Angeles, combining 羅 (ra) and 府 (fu, 'urban prefecture'). The reading ロサンゼルス is a gikun applied to these kanji. Obsolete in modern Japanese.