科纳斯 (Kēnàsī): Konas / Kaunas / Konnas (foreig…

Meanings

1 Konas / Kaunas / Konnas (foreign name or place name, transliteration)
2 in some contexts refers to Kaunas, the second-largest city of Lithuania, more often written 考纳斯

Characters

科

kē

branch; subject (here phonetic Ko-)

纳

nà

to receive (here: -na-)

斯

sī

this; foreign-name suffix (here: -s)

Examples

科纳斯是立陶宛的一座城市。

Kēnàsī shì Lìtáowǎn de yī zuò chéngshì.

Kaunas is a city in Lithuania.

他的家族姓科纳斯。

Tā de jiāzú xìng Kēnàsī.

His family's surname is Konas.

Tips

usage

Three-syllable transliteration: 科 kē (Ko-/Ka-) + 纳 nà (-na-) + 斯 sī (-s). The standard Chinese name for the Lithuanian city Kaunas is normally 考纳斯 (Kǎonàsī); the variant 科纳斯 here covers either alternate transliterations of Kaunas or surnames like Konas/Konnas. The 斯 ending is a stock final for foreign names ending in -s.