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信濃

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しな
Grade: 4
(ateji)

Grade: S
(ateji)
nanori

Etymology

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First attested in Kojiki, as man'yōgana 斯那奴(しなぬ) (shinanu) and kanji 科野, which later became 信野, and finally 信濃. Further origin remains unknown.

Proper noun

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(しな)() (Shinano

  1. Shinano Province, an old province of Japan in present-day Nagano Prefecture
    Synonyms: 信濃国 (Shinano no Kuni), 信州 (Shinshū)
  2. Shinano River
  3. Shinano (a town in Nagano Prefecture, Japan)