四畿内

Reading

Kana: しきない

Romaji: shikinai

Definition

noun

1

the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi

Note: archaism

See also: 五畿内

Kanji

四

Readings: シ、 よ、 よ.つ、 よっ.つ、 よん

Meaning: four

畿

Readings: キ、 みやこ

Meanings: capital, suburbs of capital

内

Readings: ナイ、 ダイ、 うち

Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home