陸前

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陸	前
りく Grade: 4	ぜん Grade: 2
kan'on	goon

Etymology

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Proper noun

陸(りく)前(ぜん) • (Rikuzen) 

1. Short for 陸前国 (Rikuzen-no-kuni): Rikuzen Province, one of the provinces of Japan separated from the older 陸奥 (Mutsu) Province in the early Meiji period; today part of Miyagi and Iwate prefectures

   Hypernyms: 三陸 (Sanriku), 陸州 (Rikushū)

2. a surname

Coordinate terms

• 陸中(りくちゅう) (Rikuchū)
• 陸奥(むつ) (Mutsu)

Derived terms

• 陸前(りくぜん)高(たか)田(た) (Rikuzentakata)
• 陸前(りくぜん)浜街道(はまかいどう) (Rikuzen Hamakaidō)

See also

• 中(なか)山道(せんどう) (Nakasendō)