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Kawagoe

Kawagoe proper noun: a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, known as "Koedo"（小江戸）.

Proper noun

Kawagoe

  1. A city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, known as "Koedo"（小江戸）
  2. A town in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
  3. A surname from Japanese.

Origin of Kawagoe

Borrowed from Japanese 川越 (Kawagoe).

Questions about Kawagoe

What does Kawagoe mean?
Kawagoe means a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, known as "Koedo"（小江戸）.
What part of speech is Kawagoe?
Kawagoe is a proper noun.

Words near Kawagoe in the dictionary

  1. Kaw City
  2. kawa
  3. kawabonga
  4. Kawachi
  5. kawachibuna
  6. Kawagoe
  7. Kawaguchi
  8. kawaguchipeptin
  9. kawaguchipeptins
  10. Kawaguchis
  11. Kawahara

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