Miyagi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 宮(みや)城(ぎ) (Miyagi).

Proper noun

Miyagi (plural Miyagis)

1. A prefecture of Japan. Capital: Sendai.
   • 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 151:

     Miyagi prefecture is located in the Tōhoku region, in the northeastern part of Japan.

2. A surname from Japanese.

Translations

Miyagi, Japan

• Arabic: مْيَاغِي m (myāḡī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宮城／宫城 (zh) (Gōngchéng)

• Czech: Mijagi
• Japanese: 宮城 (ja) (みやぎ, Miyagi)
• Korean: 미야기 (Miyagi)
• Marathi: मियागी (miyāgī)
• Russian: Мия́ги (ru) f (Mijági)

See also

• (prefectures of Japan) Japan; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaidō, Hyōgo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kōchi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Ōita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi

Japanese

Romanization

Miyagi

1. Rōmaji transcription of みやぎ