近江

おうみ

Also written 淡海

Meanings

1. Noun Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

Kanji

• 近 near
• 江 creek

Words containing 近江

• 近江牛 (おうみぎゅう) Omi beef
• 近江令 (おうみりょう) Ōmi Code (668 A.D.)
• 近江泥棒伊勢乞食 (おうみどろぼういせこじき) merchants from Ise and Ōmi do not waste their money (unlike Edoites)

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