Where does “鴨川” come from?

鴨川 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鴨, from Japanese 家鴨, from Middle Chinese かおう.

鴨川 (Japanese): located on the southeast of the Bōsō Peninsula; developed as a fishing village in the early Edo period, later becoming a seaside resort town

Definitions

located on the southeast of the Bōsō Peninsula; developed as a fishing village in the early Edo period, later becoming a seaside resort town

Ancestry of “鴨川”, step by step

鴨川 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鴨

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	鴨	a duck; a mark or easy target for a swindle,...
2	Japanese	家鴨	a domestic duck; a woman who is short and has a...
3	Middle Chinese	かおう	—

via Japanese 川

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	川	river, stream, brook
2	Japanese	石川	Ishi River (rivers in Japan)

Words derived from “鴨川”

鴨川

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