Etymology

nanori

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Today it means: A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is used for names of people or places, but that is otherwise a non-standard reading for that character. Full definition →

Japanese 名乗り
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from名乗り
  2. English todaynanori

From Japanese 名乗り (nanori, literally “name + riding”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.