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Chinese
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big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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valley
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simp. and trad. (大谷)
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大
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谷
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Pronunciation
Noun
大谷
- valley; canyon
Proper noun
大谷
- (archaic) Dagu Pass (a strategic pass to the south of Luoyang)
- An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大谷 (Ōtani)
Japanese
Etymology
大 (ō) + 谷 (tani, literally “great valley”)
Proper noun
大谷 • (Ōtani) ←おほたに (Ofotani)?
- a surname
Descendants