"江戸" meaning in Japanese

See 江戸 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [e̞do̞] Forms: 江戸 [canonical] (ruby: (), ()), Edo [romanization]
Etymology: /jedo/ → /edo/ Compound of 江 (e, “cove, inlet”) + 戸 (to, “entrance, gate, door”), likely in reference to the local geography. The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連濁). First mentioned in the 吾妻鏡 (Azuma Kagami, “Eastern Mirror”, an historical chronicle), started in 1180 and completed after 1266, in a section dated to 1180. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|江|戸|sort=えど|t1=cove, inlet|t2=entrance, gate, door|tr1=e|tr2=to}} 江 (e, “cove, inlet”) + 戸 (to, “entrance, gate, door”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{rendaku2|to|do|sort=えど}} The to changes to do as an instance of rendaku (連濁)., {{m|ja|w:ja:吾妻鏡|吾妻鏡|Eastern Mirror|pos=an historical chronicle|tr=Azuma Kagami}} 吾妻鏡 (Azuma Kagami, “Eastern Mirror”, an historical chronicle) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|えど}} 江(え)戸(ど) • (Edo)
  1. (historical) Edo, the former name of Tokyo before 1868 Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-江戸-ja-name--e5-clW6
  2. a surname
    Sense id: en-江戸-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 17 83

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