新潟

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Chinese

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new; newly; meso- (chem.) saline land
trad. (新潟)
simp. #(新潟)

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (にい)(がた) (Niigata).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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新潟

  1. () Niigata (the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
  2. () Niigata (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
にい
Grade: 2
かた > がた
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
新瀉 (nonstandard)
新泻 (abbreviation)
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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Compound of (nii-, new; fresh) +‎ (kata, tidal flat; lagoon), most likely in reference to the location. The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(にい)(がた) (Niigataにひがた (Nifigata)?

  1. Niigata (the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Niigata (a prefecture of Japan)

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN