Given name & surname

Kanazawa

“golden marsh”

Kanazawa is a surname from Japanese.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kanazawa goes back to a word, meaning “golden marsh.”

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Where it comes from

Kanazawa comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kanazawa金沢

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