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阿武隈川, (Abukuma river) also sometimes written as 大熊川 (Ookuma river) "Giant bear river", was said to be named after a giant bear that lived in a mountain in Shirakawagun, Fukushima preficture. However, this is not certain.

The 隈 (kuma) in Abukuma means "Meandering".

阿武 (Abu) alone can mean a few things. It can be pronouned "Anno" or "Amuno" and was an old country name as well as a currently used family name. The country of Amuno was merged with the country of 穴門 (Anato) and became the country of 長門 (Nagato).