Talk:Amagi/@comment-26098973-20150524064746/@comment-140.112.5.4-20150616111935

Aircraft Carriers after Unryu are subject to a new legislation which allows carriers to be named after mountains and rivers, just like cruisers (including light, heavy and battle cruisers).

Ships that are influenced by this are all Unryu-class carriers: Amagi(#2), Katsuragi(#3), Kasagi(#4, she and everyone after her were never completed), Aso(#5), Ikoma(#6), Kurama(#7, not even started). I didnn't count Ibuki in, since she was originally an "improved Suzuya-class" heavy cruiser, and IJN usually don't change the name of a ship due to conversion.

Since they are named after a place, there's no need to translate literal meaning of their names, they are just named after some mountains or rivers in Japan.