Arakawa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 荒川 (あらかわ, Arakawa).

Proper noun

Arakawa (plural Arakawas)

1. A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Adachi, Sumida, Taitō, Bunkyō and Kita special wards.
2. A surname from Japanese.

Derived terms

• arakawaite

Translations

one of the special wards that form Tokyo

• Lithuanian: Arakava
• Marathi: आराकावा n (ārākāvā)
• Russian: Арака́ва (ru) f (Arakáva)

Japanese

Romanization

Arakawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of あらかわ