Seto

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
  3. 3
    a Finno-Ugric people live in southeast Estonia. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A surname.
  5. 5
    a Finno-Ugric language spoken in southeast Estonia. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"Speaking of Nagoya, have you ever been to Seto?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Cantonese 司徒 (si1 tou4).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 瀬戸 (Seto).

Related phrases

Seto Inland Sea

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