"新潟県" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

IPA: [ɲ̟iːɡa̠ta̠kẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 新潟県 ^ [canonical] (ruby: (にい), (がた), (けん)), Niigata-ken [romanization], Nifigataken [romanization], にひがたけん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 新潟 (Niigata) + 県 (-ken, “prefecture”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|ja|新潟|県|t2=prefecture|tr1=Niigata|tr2=ken}} 新潟 (Niigata) + 県 (-ken, “prefecture”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|^に.いがた-けん|hhira=にひがたけん}} 新(にい)潟(がた)県(けん) • (Niigata-ken) ^(←にひがたけん (Nifigataken)?)
  1. a prefecture in the 中部 (Chūbu) region of Japan facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is also 新潟 (Niigata) Categories (place): Prefectures of Japan Related terms: 越佐 (Essa) (ruby: 越佐(えっさ)), 越後 (Echigo) (ruby: (えち), ()), 佐渡 (Sado) (ruby: 佐渡(さど))
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Download raw JSONL data for 新潟県 meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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