京阪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
京	阪

Etymology

京 for 京都 (“Kyoto”) + 阪 for 大阪 (“Osaka”)

Noun

京阪 (hiragana けいはん, romaji keihan)

1. Kyoto and Osaka

Synonyms

• 上方 (かみがた, kamigata) (in the sense of Edo period culture of the Kyoto-Osaka area)

Related terms

• 京阪奈 (けいはんな, keihanna, “Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara”)
• 京阪神 (けいはんしん, keihanshin, “Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe”)