秋津

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あき
Grade: 2
つ > づ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

(あき)() (Akizu) 

  1. a town in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
あき
Grade: 2
つ > ず
Grade: S
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Rendaku of Etymology 3?”)

Alternative forms

Noun

(あき)() (akizu) あきづ (akidu)?

  1. (archaic) dragonfly

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
あき
Grade: 2

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Appears to be from (aki, autumn) + (tsu, Old Japanese genitive particle) + (mushi, insect); this insect, to this day, is often associated with autumn in Japan. The kanji is ateji (当て字).

Alternative forms

Noun

(あき)() (akitsu) 

  1. (archaic, since the Heian period) dragonfly

Proper noun

(あき)() (Akitsu) 

  1. a railway station in Higashimurayama, Tokyo
  2. a jinja in Higashimurayama, Tokyo
  3. name of several towns in Japan
  4. name of several villages in Japan
  5. a surname
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