瀬戸|せとseto[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounstrait; channel
   名古屋なごやと言いえば、あなたは瀬戸せとへ行いったことはありますか。↗

   Speaking of Nagoya, have you ever been to Seto?

• Synonym海峡かいきょうNeutralNeutral in register; the general-purpose word for a strait or channel — a narrow sea passage between landmasses — used in speech and writing alike and in the names of many straits.

Choose 海峡 as the neutral, general term for a strait or channel; 瀬戸 is the native Japanese word, now encountered chiefly in place names.

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1. 両方りょうほうの陸地りくちが接近せっきんしている狭せまい海峡かいきょう・河かわ峡きょう。
2. 愛知県あいちけんの北西部ほくせいぶに位置いちする市し。瀬戸市せとし。