銀座

ぎんざ Ginza (district in Tokyo)

Why it means this

銀 (silver) + 座 (a guild, a mint) — 'the silver mint'; the site of the Edo-period silver coinage office, now Tokyo's premier shopping district. The name is also lent to upmarket shopping streets nationwide.

Breakdown

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