Etymology

Shizuoka

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Today it means: A prefecture of Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 静
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from静“calm”
  2. English todayShizuoka

From Japanese 静 (shizu, “calm”) and 岡 (oka, “hill”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.