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Japanese
Etymology
First attested in Kojiki, as man'yōgana 斯那奴 (shinanu) and kanji 科野, which later became 信野, and finally 信濃. Further origin remains unknown.
Proper noun
信濃 • (Shinano)
- Shinano Province, an old province of Japan in present-day Nagano Prefecture
- Synonyms: 信濃国 (Shinano no Kuni), 信州 (Shinshū)
- Shinano River
- Shinano (a town in Nagano Prefecture, Japan)