Where does “Kagoshiman” come from?

Kagoshiman (English) comes from Portuguese Kagoshima, from Japanese 鹿児島, from Japanese 島, from Middle Chinese 島.

Ancestry of “Kagoshiman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseKagoshima—
2Japanese鹿児島—
3Japanese島an island; one's domain, territory, turf
4Middle Chinese島—
Every word from Middle Chinese 島 →Every word from Japanese 島 →Every word from Japanese 鹿児島 →
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