Etymology

nabe

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Today it means: Neighborhood. Full definition →

Japanese 鍋物
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nabe · noun1

Clipping of neighborhood; compare hood. In attributive use, attested since 1922; in noun sense “neighborhood”, since 1942; in noun sense “neighborhood theater”, since 1933, originally in New York City.

nabe · noun2

  1. Japanese · borrowed from鍋物
  2. English todaynabe

Clipping of nabemono, from Japanese 鍋物.

Words from the same roots

Japanese鍋物 all →

nabemono

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