Save Type Settlement Usage Japanese Scripts 川崎(Japanese Kanji) かわさき(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. KA-WA-SA-KYEE [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "river bank" in Japanese. The kanji that make up the name are 川 (kawa), meaning "river, stream, brook", and 崎 (saki), meaning "peninsula, promontory, cape, spit". This is the name of a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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