Ishikawa (a prefecture of Japan; capital: Kanazawa) · Ishikawa (a town in Ishikawa district, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan) · a former city in Okinawa island; now part of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture
köken: Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).