"金沢" meaning in Japanese

See 金沢 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ka̠na̠za̠β̞a̠] Forms: 金沢 [canonical] (ruby: (かな), (ざわ)), Kanazawa [romanization], Kanazafa [romanization], かなざは [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 金(かな) (kana, “metal; gold”, combining form of stand-alone reading kane) + 沢(さわ) (sawa, “marsh, swamp; mountain brook or stream”). The sawa changes to zawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|金|かな|沢|さわ|pos1=combining form of stand-alone reading kane|t1=metal; gold|t2=marsh, swamp; mountain brook or stream}} 金(かな) (kana, “metal; gold”, combining form of stand-alone reading kane) + 沢(さわ) (sawa, “marsh, swamp; mountain brook or stream”), {{sortkey|ja|金沢}} かなさわ', {{rendaku2|sawa|zawa}} The sawa changes to zawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|かなざわ|hhira=かなざは}} 金(かな)沢(ざわ) • (Kanazawa) ^(←かなざは (Kanazafa)?)
  1. Kanazawa (the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Cities in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, Cities in Japan, Places in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, Places in Japan
    Sense id: en-金沢-ja-name-nCTebR8K Categories (other): Prefectural capitals of Japan, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 52 29 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 53 30 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 53 27 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 40 31 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 28 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 20 22
  2. Kanazawa (a ward of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) Categories (place): Places in Japan, Places in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, Places in Yokohama
    Sense id: en-金沢-ja-name-eWWVg07I Categories (other): Neighborhoods of Yokohama, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 37 32 32
  3. a surname
    Sense id: en-金沢-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 37 32 32
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  "word": "金沢"
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Download raw JSONL data for 金沢 meaning in Japanese (2.8kB)

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