大阪

Etymology

 * “Osaka”

Noun

 * 1)  great hill; great mountain; great slope

Etymology 1
Compound of 🇰🇲. The geographical area was historically known as and was renamed to mean literally a “large hill”.

Originally spelled as until the early, possibly for some superstitious reason.

Proper noun

 * 1) a placename, especially:

Etymology 2
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