秋津

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
秋 津
あき
Grade: 2		 つ > づ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

秋(あき)津(づ) • (Akizu) 

  1. a town in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
秋 津
あき
Grade: 2		 つ > ず
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
蜻蛉

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Rendaku of Etymology 3?”)

Noun

秋(あき)津(ず) • (akizu) ←あきづ (akidu)?

  1. (archaic) dragonfly

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
秋 津
あき
Grade: 2		 つ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
蜻蛉

Appears to be from 秋 (aki, “autumn”) +‎ つ (tsu, Old Japanese genitive particle) +‎ 虫 (mushi, “insect”); this insect, to this day, is often associated with autumn in Japan. The kanji 津 is ateji (当て字).

Noun

秋(あき)津(つ) • (akitsu) 

  1. (archaic, since the Heian period) dragonfly

Proper noun

秋(あき)津(つ) • (Akitsu) 

  1. a railway station in Higashimurayama, Tokyo
  2. a jinja in Higashimurayama, Tokyo
  3. name of several towns in Japan
  4. name of several villages in Japan
  5. a surname
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