Save Type Settlement Usage Japanese Scripts 盛岡(Japanese Kanji) もりおか(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. MO-RYEE-O-KA [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "prosperous hill" in Japanese. The kanji that make up the name are 盛 (mori), meaning "prosper", and 岡 (oka), meaning "hill". This is the name of the capital city of Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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