Where does “Sakurajima” come from?

Sakurajima (English) comes from Japanese 桜島, from Japanese 桜, from Old Japanese 桜.

Sakurajima (English): The volcano's surrounding area, an island prior to the 1914 explosion and now a peninsula

Definitions

  1. The volcano's surrounding area, an island prior to the 1914 explosion and now a peninsula

Ancestry of “Sakurajima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese桜島—
2Japanese桜a cherry tree, "more specifically" the Japanese...
3Old Japanese桜—
Every word from Old Japanese 桜 →Every word from Japanese 桜 →Every word from Japanese 桜島 →