"鹿児島" meaning in Japanese

See 鹿児島 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ka̠ɡo̞ɕima̠] Forms: 鹿児島 [canonical] (ruby: 鹿(), (), (しま))
Etymology: 鹿子 (kako, kago, “fawn”) + 島 (shima, “island”) Etymology templates: {{af|ja|鹿子|島|t1=fawn|t2=island|tr1=kako, kago|tr2=shima}} 鹿子 (kako, kago, “fawn”) + 島 (shima, “island”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|かごしま}} 鹿(か)児(ご)島(しま) • (Kagoshima)
  1. Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) Tags: Kagoshima Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Cities in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kagoshima, Places in Japan, Places in Kagoshima Prefecture
    Sense id: en-鹿児島-ja-name-7gfvrjPn Categories (other): Prefectural capitals of Japan
  2. Kagoshima (a prefecture in southern Kyushu, Japan) Tags: Kagoshima Categories (place): Kagoshima Prefecture, Places in Japan, Prefectures of Japan
    Sense id: en-鹿児島-ja-name-XRLncvkk Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese words with multiple readings: 33 67

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 鹿児島 meaning in Japanese (6.3kB)

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