Surname · Japanese
津軽
“harbor”·“light”
津軽 (Tsugaru) is a surname from Old Japanese, ultimately from Ainu. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Tsugaru.
Meaning & origin
What it means
津軽 is built from elements meaning “harbor” and “light”.
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Where it comes from
津軽 comes from Old Japanese, and ultimately from Ainu.
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How it developed
Built from Japanese 津 (tsu, “harbor”) + 軽 (karu).
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津軽’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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