"村長" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [sõ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː] Forms: 村長 [canonical] (ruby: (そん), (ちょう)), sonchō [romanization], sontyau [romanization], そんちやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 村 (son, “village”) + 長 (-chō, “head”). Etymology templates: {{suf|ja|村|長|t1=village|t2=head|tr1=son|tr2=-chō}} 村 (son, “village”) + 長 (-chō, “head”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|そんちょう|hhira=そんちやう}} 村(そん)長(ちょう) • (sonchō) ^(←そんちやう (sontyau)?)
  1. (of a village) a mayor Wikipedia link: ja:市町村長
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