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Kanazawa.

The capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˌkanəˈzɑːwə/UK/ˌkɑnəˈzɑwə/US
  1. The capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan.

  2. A ward of the city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō region, Japan.

  3. A surname from Japanese.

Where this word comes from

From Japanese 金沢(かなざわ) (Kanazawa, literally “golden marsh”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.