"江戸川" meaning in Japanese

See 江戸川 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: 江戸川 ^ [canonical] (ruby: 江(え), 戸(ど), 川(がわ)), Edogawa [romanization], Edogafa [romanization], えどがは [hiragana, historical], 江戶川 [alternative, kanji, kyūjitai]
Etymology: From 江戸(えど) (Edo, old name of Tokyo) + 川(かわ) (kawa, suffix for names of rivers). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|江戸|^えど|川|かわ|pos1=old name of Tokyo|pos2=suffix for names of rivers}} 江戸(えど) (Edo, old name of Tokyo) + 川(かわ) (kawa, suffix for names of rivers) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|えどがわ|hhira=えどがは}} 江(え)戸(ど)川(がわ) • (Edogawa) ^(←えどがは (Edogafa)?)
  1. Edo River
    Sense id: en-江戸川-ja-name-2emAewgh
  2. Edogawa (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Places in Japan, Places in Tokyo
    Sense id: en-江戸川-ja-name-~WbzRBzB Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Special wards of Tokyo, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 86 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 76 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 80 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 0 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 0 60 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 73 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 81 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 1 84 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 75 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 80 13
  3. a surname
    Sense id: en-江戸川-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
     
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