新潟

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Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

新潟

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新 潟
にい
Grade: 2 		かた > がた
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
新瀉 (nonstandard)
新泻 (abbreviation)
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

新(にい)潟(がた) • (Niigata) ←にひがた (Nifigata)?

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

References

  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
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