English Explanatory Dictionary

Kanazawa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan.
  2. A ward of the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan.
  3. A surname from Japanese.

Pronunciation

/ˌkanəˈzɑːwə/ kăn'ə-zäʹwə /ˌkɑnəˈzɑwə/ kä'nə-zäʹwə

Word forms

Kanazawa

Etymology

From Japanese 金沢(かなざわ) (Kanazawa, literally “golden marsh”).

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