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Where does “関東” come from?

関東 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 箱根の関 — tollgate of {{w|Mount Hakone}}.

関東 (Japanese): the shogunate

Definitions

  1. the shogunate

Ancestry of “関東”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese箱根の関tollgate of {{w|Mount Hakone}}

Words derived from “関東”

  • Канто
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