Editing Okhotsk Subprefecture (section)

==Etymology==
Abashiri Prefecture was named after the subprefectural office in [[Abashiri, Hokkaido|Abashiri]]. However, the area was more commonly referred to as the {{nihongo|Okhotsk region|オホーツク地方|Ohōtsuku-chihō}}, as it faces the [[Sea of Okhotsk]], and the name Abashiri was changed to the more commonly used Okhotsk during the administrative redivision of Hokkaido's 14 subprefectures to 9 subprefectural bureaus in April, 2010. The sea is named for the port of [[Okhotsk]], itself named for the [[Okhota]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Everett-Heath|first=John|title=Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2020|edition=6th|isbn=9780191905636|entry=Okhotsk, Sea of (Okhotskoye More)|entry-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191905636.001.0001/acref-9780191905636-e-5493|entry-url-access=subscription}}</ref> whose name is derived from the [[Even language|Even]] word ''окат'' (okat) meaning "river".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://water-rf.ru/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B/1665/%D0%9E%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0 |title=Охота |website=Вода России |language=ru |access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref>