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Chinese
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 茨城 (Ibaraki).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
茨城
- (~縣) Ibaraki (a prefecture of Japan)
Japanese
Etymology 1
According to legend, people in the age of Emperor Sujin (崇神) built a thorny castle (茨の城) there and wiped out burglars.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
茨城 • (Ibaraki)
- Ibaraki (a prefecture in north-eastern Honshu, Japan)
- Synonym: 茨城県 (“Ibaraki: a prefecture in Kantō”)
- ancient place name of Hitachi (常陸)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
茨城 • (Ibaragi)
- (proscribed) alternative form of 茨城 (Ibaraki)
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