Submitted Place Name Revision History

Date	Editor	Name ID	Change Summary
10/8/2021, 11:48 AM	HL	203317
10/8/2021, 1:53 AM	HL	203317
10/7/2021, 10:50 AM	HL	203317	merge 2 names
8/13/2021, 7:35 PM	japanese_names	377918	initial state of 377918
3/9/2020, 1:40 AM	Mike C	203317
7/11/2015, 6:56 AM	m4yb3_daijirou	203317
1/25/2015, 6:30 AM	m4yb3_daijirou	203317	Added hiragana and katakana for Kagoshima
1/23/2015, 1:43 PM	m4yb3_daijirou	203317	initial state of 203317

Name Kagoshima

Type Political Subdivision & Settlement

Usage Japanese

Scripts 鹿児島(Japanese Kanji) かごしま(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced Pron. /kä.ɡo̞.ɕi.mä/

Theme fur

Edit Status Status 3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

From Japanese 鹿子 (kako) meaning "fawn, young deer" and 島 (shima) meaning "island". This is the name of a city in Japan, as well as the prefecture in which the city is located.

Added 1/23/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou