Where does “Fukushima” come from?

Fukushima comes from Japanese 福島, composed of Japanese 島 and Middle Chinese ふく.

Fukushima (English): The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011

Definitions

  1. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster following a tsunami in 2011

Ancestry of “Fukushima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese福島—
2Japanese島an island; one's domain, territory, turf
3Middle Chinese島—
Every word from Middle Chinese 島 →Every word from Japanese 島 →Every word from Japanese 福島 →