Where does “南阿爾卑斯” come from?

南阿爾卑斯 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 南アルプス, from Japanese 南, from Middle Chinese 南.

Ancestry of “南阿爾卑斯”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese南アルプス—
2Japanese南the south; a southerly, south wind; to go south
3Middle Chinese南—
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Japanese 南 →Every word from Japanese 南アルプス →
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