It is also believed that, despite being separated from Tanba Province, the name Tango (pronounced as 'Tanihanomichinoshiri') was kept and a new provincial name was not given, because the region was originally in Tanba and the word 'Taniha' was intentionally kept as "Tanihanomichinoshiri."
そして分割された側でありながら、丹後（二字で「タニハノミチノシリ」と訓じられた）とされて新たな国名が与えられなかったのは、ここが元々の丹波の地であるので、タニハノミチノシリとして「タニハ」の名を残した為とみられる。