淀川

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
よど
Jinmeiyō
かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
 淀川 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From (よど) (yodo, pool, eddy) + (かわ) (-kawa, suffix after names of rivers). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(よど)(がわ) (Yodogawaよどがは (Yodogafa)?

  1. Yodo River (a river in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a surname