Where does “特別区” come from?

特別区 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 区 — ward, section, district.

特別区 (Japanese): a special ward, a district

Definitions

  1. a special ward, a district

Ancestry of “特別区”, step by step

特別区 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 区

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese区ward, section, district

via Japanese 特別

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese特別special
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