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Yoichi, Shiribeshi region, Hokkaidō

尻場

しりぱ Siripa

The mountain closes the Yoichi shore on the west and gives the district of Yamausu its far end.

Ainu spellings: Sirpa

Analyses

sir-pa

シㇼパ

proposed

head of the land

Proponent: zenibako_trek(小樽銭函地名歴史研究会) (zenibako_trek (Otaru Zenibako Place-Name and History Society))

The name occurs across Hokkaidō.

Analysis details
Confidence: medium

sir 'land' and pa 'head' are both dictionary words in the senses used, the compound is well formed, the name recurs across Hokkaidō, and no source in the article contests it.

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