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Japanese
Etymology
羅 (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese 羅省枝利 (lo4 saang2 zi1 lei6)) + 府 (fu, “prefecture”), coined by poet Funabashi Moshichi (船橋茂七) in 1894 for use in a Chinese poem (漢詩).
Proper noun
羅府 • (Rafu)
- (dated) Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
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References
- ^ 南加州日本人七十年史 [Japanese in Southern California: "A History of 70 Years"], 1960, page 45