Etymology

Chūbu

Today it means: A region of Honshū, Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 中部
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from中部
  2. English todayChūbu

Borrowed from Japanese 中部 (Chūbu, literally “middle part, central part”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.