Katakana word

roshia “Russia” in Japanese

roshia

Character by character

  1. ro
  2. shi
  3. a

ロシア is made of 3 katakana sounds. It reads roshia.

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インド

indo — India · breakdown →

ニュージーランド

nyūjīrando — New Zealand · breakdown →

ブラジル

burajiru — Brazil · breakdown →

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