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Where does “Naruto” come from?

Naruto (English) comes from Japanese 鳴門, from Old Japanese 鳴門, from Old Japanese 門 — a gate, portal; an entrance, gateway, opening;...

Naruto (English): A type of kamaboko

Definitions

  1. A type of kamaboko

Ancestry of “Naruto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鳴門a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of...
2Old Japanese鳴門—
3Old Japanese門a gate, portal; an entrance, gateway, opening;...
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