Where does “鹿児島” come from?

鹿児島 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 島, from Middle Chinese 島.

Ancestry of “鹿児島”, step by step

鹿児島 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 島

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese島an island; one's domain, territory, turf
2Middle Chinese島—

via Japanese 鹿子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鹿子fawn

Words derived from “鹿児島”

Every word from Middle Chinese 島 →Every word from Japanese 島 →