Japanese 鹿児島

← Japanese 鹿子 (affix)

← Japanese 島 (affix)

→ English Kagoshima (borrowed)

→ Japanese 鹿児島県 (suffix)

→ Portuguese Kagoshima (borrowed)

→ Okinawan 鹿児島 (borrowed)

→ Chinese 鹿兒島 (orthographic borrowing)