Where does “Kita” come from?

Kita comes from Japanese 北, which derives from Mandarin 北, both meaning north.

Kita (English): that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Saitama Prefecture, Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Toshima, and Itabashi special wards

Definitions

  1. that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Saitama Prefecture, Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Toshima, and Itabashi special wards

Ancestry of “Kita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese北north; the North; a northerly, north wind
2Chinese Mandarin北—
Every word from Chinese Mandarin 北 →Every word from Japanese 北 →
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