先斗町

先斗町

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	斗	町
Grade: 1	Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 1
Irregular		goon

Etymology

Ponto is thought to be derived from Portuguese ponta (“(pointed) end, tip”),[1][2] ponte (“bridge”),[2] or ponto (“dot”).[2][3][4]

Proper noun

先斗町 (hiragana ぽんとちょう, rōmaji Ponto-chō, historical hiragana ぽんとちやう)

1. a 花街 (hanamachi) district in Kyoto

Derived terms

• 先 (ぽん)斗 (と)町 (ちょう)通 (どお)り (Ponto-chō-dōri)

See also

• 鴨川 (かもがわ)踊 (おどり), 鴨川 (かもがわ)踊 (おど)り (Kamogawa Odori)
• 祇 (ぎ)園 (おん) (Gion)

References

1. “先斗町”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
2. “先斗町”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN