Name Kaiyō
Type Settlement
Usage Japanese
Scripts 海陽 (kanji), かいよう (hiragana), カイヨウ (katakana)
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Meaning & History
This is the name of a town in Japan's Tokushima Prefecture.The town's kanji are 海陽 with 海 (kai, umi) meaning "ocean, sea" and 陽 (you, hi) meaning "daytime, heaven, male, positive, sunshine, yang principle."Kaiyō is also used as a rare, modern masculine given name (see KAIYŌ on the given name site) and a very rare surname (see KAIYŌ on the surname site).