金沢

See also: 金澤 and 金泽

Japanese
Kanji in this term
金 沢
かな
Grade: 1		 さわ > ざわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 金 (kana, “metal; gold”, combining form of standalone reading kane) +‎ 沢 (sawa, “marsh, swamp; mountain brook or stream”). The sawa changes to zawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

金沢 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 金澤, hiragana かなざわ, rōmaji Kanazawa, historical hiragana かなざは)

  1. Kanazawa, the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture
  2. a ward of the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
  3. a surname

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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