Etymology

Yaesu

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Today it means: A neighborhood of Chuō, Tokyo prefecture, Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 八重洲 ← Dutch Jan
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromJan
  2. Japanese · borrowed from八重洲
  3. English todayYaesu

From Japanese 八重洲, ultimately from Dutch Jan Joosten, after Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.