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Japanese
Etymology
From an Old Korean element + 河 (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
ナレ (nare) is Old Korean 川理 (*NAli / *NAri, “river”).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “아리수”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
アリナレがわ or ありなれがわ • (Arinare-gawa) ←アリナレがは (Arinare-gafa)?
- an ancient river mentioned in the Nihon Shoki, perhaps Yalu River (鴨緑江 (Ōryoku-kō)), and treated as such during the Empire of Japan's rule over both Manchuria and Korea
References
Further reading
- “Arinare-gawa (鴨綠江)”, in 日本外來語辭典, 1915, page 10