Submitted Place Name Revision History

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4/30/2024, 11:49 AM Mike C
9/3/2021, 7:37 AM VerdeIperbolico Corrected element "saki"
9/3/2021, 7:25 AM VerdeIperbolico Added missing bracket
9/3/2021, 7:20 AM VerdeIperbolico

Name Kawasaki
Type Settlement
Usage Japanese
Scripts 川崎(Japanese Kanji) かわさき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. KA-WA-SA-KYEE
Edit Status Statusnot set

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.
Added 9/3/2021 by VerdeIperbolico