名古屋

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	ancient; old	house; room
trad. (名古屋)		名	古	屋
simp. #(名古屋)		名	古	屋

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 名古屋(なごや) (Nagoya).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mínggǔwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ gu² uk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bêng-kó͘-ok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mínggǔwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mínggǔwu
    • Wade–Giles: Ming²-ku³-wu¹
    • Yale: Míng-gǔ-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingguuu
    • Palladius: Мингуу (Minguu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ gu² uk¹
    • Yale: mìhng gú ūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ gu² uk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ gu² ug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ kuː³⁵ ʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-kó͘-ok
    • Tâi-lô: Bîng-kóo-ok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengkofog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔk̚³²/

Proper noun

名古屋

1. (～市) Nagoya (the capital city of Aichi Prefecture, in central Honshu, Japan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	古	屋
な Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 2	や Grade: 3

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ateji?”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なごや [náꜜgòyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ɡo̞ja̠]

Proper noun

名(な)古(ご)屋(や) or 名古屋(proper) • (nagoya or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|なこや']]

1. Nagoya (the capital city of Aichi Prefecture, in central Honshu, Japan)

Descendants

• Russian: Наго́я f (Nagója)

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on Nagoya