Ishikawa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 石川 (Ishikawa).
Proper noun
Ishikawa (countable and uncountable, plural Ishikawas)
- Ishikawa prefecture, a prefecture in Northern central region of Japan.
- A surname from Japanese.
Derived terms
Translations
Ishikawa, Japan
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ishikawa is the 16833rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1696 individuals. Ishikawa is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (80.31%) individuals.
See also
prefectures of Japanedit
- 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
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ishikawa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 234.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 石川 (Ishikawa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ʃi.ka.wa/
Proper noun
Ishikawa ?
- a surname from Japanese
Japanese
Romanization
Ishikawa
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 石川 (Ishikawa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iʃiˈkawa/ [i.ʃiˈka.wa]
- Rhymes: -awa
- Syllabification: I‧shi‧ka‧wa
Proper noun
Ishikawa m or f by sense
- a surname from Japanese
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 石川 (Ishikawa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔiʃiˈkawa/ [ʔɪ.ʃɪˈxaː.wɐ]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔisjiˈkawa/ [ʔɪs.jɪˈxaː.wɐ]
- Rhymes: -awa
- Syllabification: I‧shi‧ka‧wa
Proper noun
Ishikawa (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜃᜏ)
- a surname from Japanese