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 * width="25%" | Jap'se Pronunciation.
 * width="25%" | Ainu Form.
 * width="50%" | Derivation and Meaning.
 * Kushiro
 * "A passage," "The way through (presumably from to the South-east coast.)
 * Kusuri
 * The place of hot springs." "The medicine place." is said by the Ainu to be an Ainu word and not distinctively JapneseJapanese [sic].
 * Makaribetsu
 * "The river which circles back." From, "back"; , "a wheel," and . The root also occurs in the name.
 * Makunkotan
 * "The hinder village" or "place."
 * Maonai
 * "Windy valley" ( may also mean the "beach rose" (i.e. ).
 * Mashke
 * "The place of the land-slip."
 * Matomanai
 * "The valley with the lagoons" or "peninsulas." Compare.
 * Matsukotan
 * "Winter village" or "winter residence." Probably referring to the pits the Ainu used to inhabit during the winter months.
 * Matsumai
 * "The place of the lagoons" or "peninsulas." The determines  to be plural.
 * Mauka
 * "A windy place" Lit:, "wind" , "at the head."
 * Meakan
 * "The mountain of the cold made river." See . (But the me in this name may be Japanese, and if so it means "female.")
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 * "The place of the land-slip."
 * Matomanai
 * "The valley with the lagoons" or "peninsulas." Compare.
 * Matsukotan
 * "Winter village" or "winter residence." Probably referring to the pits the Ainu used to inhabit during the winter months.
 * Matsumai
 * "The place of the lagoons" or "peninsulas." The determines  to be plural.
 * Mauka
 * "A windy place" Lit:, "wind" , "at the head."
 * Meakan
 * "The mountain of the cold made river." See . (But the me in this name may be Japanese, and if so it means "female.")
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 * "The place of the lagoons" or "peninsulas." The determines  to be plural.
 * Mauka
 * "A windy place" Lit:, "wind" , "at the head."
 * Meakan
 * "The mountain of the cold made river." See . (But the me in this name may be Japanese, and if so it means "female.")
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 * Meakan
 * "The mountain of the cold made river." See . (But the me in this name may be Japanese, and if so it means "female.")
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 * "The mountain of the cold made river." See . (But the me in this name may be Japanese, and if so it means "female.")
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