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湘南

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Chinese

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name of a river; Hunan province (abbrev.) south
simp. and trad.
(湘南)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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湘南

  1. southern Hunan

Japanese

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Etymology

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相模(さがみの)(くに) (Sagami no kuni, Sagami Province, shortened to ) + (なん) (nan, southern part). The use of instead of is influenced by the name of Chinese river. [1]


Kanji in this term
しょう
Jinmeiyō
なん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

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(しょう)(なん) (Shōnan

  1. Shōnan, a region along the coast of Sagami Bay

References

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  1. ^ 湘南”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months