津つ

noun

Tsu (city in Mie)

Proper noun: the capital city of Mie Prefecture, Japan.

• 津つ市しは三み重え県けんの県けん庁ちょう所しょ在ざい地ちです。

  Tsu City is the capital of Mie Prefecture.

suffix

port; harbor; ferry

Suffix used in place names to indicate a port, harbor, or ferry crossing. Common in historical and modern place names such as 大津 (Ōtsu) and 唐津 (Karatsu).

• 大おお津つは琵び琶わ湖この南なん端たんにある港みなと町まちです。

  Ōtsu is a port town at the southern end of Lake Biwa.

• 唐から津つという地ち名めいは「唐とうへの津つ」に由ゆ来らいする。

  The place name Karatsu derives from 'port to China'.