Surname · Japanese

金沢

“metal; gold”

金沢 (Kanazawa) is a surname. It is used in Japanese.

JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Kanazawa.

Meaning & origin

金沢 goes back to a word meaning “metal; gold.”

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