鳴門

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳴門 (Naruto).

鳴門

1. (～市) Naruto (a city in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan)

From Old Japanese.

Compound of 鳴る (naru, “to ring, roar, sound”) +‎ 門 (to, “gate, door”).

• (Tokyo) なると [nàrútó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [na̠ɾɯ̟to̞]

鳴(なる)門(と) or 鳴門(ナルト) • (naruto) 

1. a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of the tides causes noisy whirlpools
2. short for 鳴門巻き (narutomaki): a kamaboko fishcake with a whirlpool design
3. (cooking) a technique in which ingredients are cut in spiral patterns

• 鳴(なる)門(と)巻(ま)き (narutomaki)
• 鳴(なる)門(と)作(づく)り (narutozukuri)
• 阿波(あわ)の鳴(なる)門(と) (Awa-no-naruto)

• 渦潮(うずしお) (uzushio, “whirlpool”)

From Etymology 1 above.

The “edible seaweed” sense is associated with 鳴門若布 (Naruto wakame), which is traditionally made in Naruto, Tokushima.

鳴(なる)門(と) • (Naruto) 

1. short for 鳴門市 (Naruto-shi): a city in northwestern Tokushima Prefecture
2. short for 鳴門海峡 (Naruto-kaikyō): Naruto Strait, famous for its eponymous whirlpools
3. a surname

鳴(なる)門(と) • (Naruto) 

1. (cooking, colloquial) edible 若布 (wakame) seaweed used for cooking

Compound of 鳴る (naru, “to ring, roar, sound”) +‎ 門 (to₁, “gate, door”).

鳴門 (naruto₁) (kana なると)

1. a noisy strait or narrows where the rushing of the tides causes noisy whirlpools
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 15, poem 3638:
     , text here

     巨礼也己能名爾於布奈流門能宇頭之保爾多麻毛可流登布安麻乎等女杼毛

     ko₂re ya ko₂no₂ na ni opu naruto₁ no₂ udusipo ni tamamo karu to₂pu ama woto₂me₁-do₂mo

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• Japanese: 鳴門, 鳴戸 (naruto)