鴨川

Etymology
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Etymology
Compound of. The kawa changes to gawa due to.

Pronunciation

 * Kun'yomi

Proper noun

 * , located on the southeast of the Bōsō Peninsula; developed as a fishing village in the early Edo period, later becoming a seaside resort town
 * 1) the Kamo River in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan, a tributary of the
 * 2) traditionally, the Kamo River downstream from the point of confluence with the Takano River (, Takanogawa), with the upstream portion spelled either  or  (both read as Kamogawa)
 * The official spelling of the river name, both upstream and downstream, was unified as 鴨川 by a legal change in 1964. The use of may be ateji, however, as initial mentions of the river used the  spelling, and the surrounding area was controlled by the  clan.