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Re: Tokumura
by Marc (guest)
6/13/2013, 8:42 AM
in reply to a message by Getb2
Toku means 'virtue' and mura means 'village'. You'll find similar names at http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=tokuda and http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=muraoka.
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- Getb2 (guest)   +3
6/13/2013, 12:10 PM
thanks
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- Jim Young (guest)   +2
6/14/2013, 3:55 AM
Any evidence of a place name 'Tokumura'? I suspect that some of these 'locative' names were fabricated in the 19th century, when surnames became compulsory in Japan.
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- Marc (guest)   +1
6/14/2013, 7:55 AM
If Tokumura is a placename, it's not listed at http://www.geonames.org/advanced-search.html? or http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/.
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- Jim Young (guest)
6/15/2013, 3:19 AM
Thanks, Marc. Useful website.
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