Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of ふるた – see the following entry.
古田
[noun] (agriculture) old rice paddy; worn out, abandoned field
[proper noun] Furuta (neighborhoods in Japan):
[proper noun] A neighborhood of Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture.
[proper noun] A neighborhood of Motoyama, Kōchi Prefecture.
[proper noun] A neighborhood of Kawachi, Tochigi Prefecture.
[proper noun] A neighborhood of Harima, Hyōgo Prefecture.
[proper noun] A neighborhood of Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture.
[proper noun] A neighborhood of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture.
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, ふるた, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)