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Hokkaidō

釧路

くしろ Kushiro

Batchelor connects the proposed route with Apa-shiri, his spelling in the Abashiri entry.

Ainu spellings: Kush-ru

Analyses

Kush-ru

proposed

A passage; the way through

Proponent: John Batchelor

He tentatively identifies the passage as a route from Apa-shiri to the southeast coast.

Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 45, s.v. Kushiro
Analysis details
Confidence: low

The route is explicitly conjectural and no itinerary or earlier name is cited.

Attestations

  • Kushiro dictionary 1905 An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, 2nd edition
    “A passage.”

    The entry gives Batchelor’s analytical spelling and interpretation.

    Batchelor1905 § V "Place Names Considered", p. 45, s.v. Kushiro

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