Etymology

Kabukicho

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Today it means: A district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Kantō, Japan; an entertainment, gambling, and red light district. Full definition →

Japanese 歌舞伎町
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from歌舞伎町
  2. English todayKabukicho

From Japanese 歌舞伎町 (Kabuki-chō, literally “Kabuki Town”), from being a district developed around what was to be a kabuki theatre (the theatre was never built).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.