みや

See also: Miya

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of みや – see the following entry.
【宮】3
[noun] (Shinto) the place where a god resides: a shrine
[noun] (Buddhism) a temple holding a Buddhist statue
[noun] the place where a ruler resides: a palace
[noun] a member of the imperial family
[proper noun] a surname
[proper noun] an old name for a region in the Atsuta area of Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, where the Atsuta Shrine is located
(This term, みや (miya), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as みや, see Category:Japanese kanji read as みや.)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

みや • (Miya) 

  1. a female given name
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