Nagoya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 名古屋(なごや) (Nagoya). The Indonesian district was nicknamed "Nagoya" by Japanese workers from Taisei Corporation who were working on a construction project in Batam in the 1970s.[1]

Proper noun

Nagoya

  1. The capital city of Aichi Prefecture, in central Honshu, Japan.
    • 2019 March 4, Maggie Hiufu Wong, “China to introduce new generation of driverless trains in 2020”, in CNN‎[2]:
      The first phase of the project, connecting Tokyo and Nagoya, is scheduled to be completed in 2027 and is expected to cut traveling time between those cities by half.
  2. (colloquial) Synonym of Lubuk Baja: a district of Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Fadli (17 December 2019) “Nagoya: A quarter of Japanese legacy in Batam”, in The Jakarta Post‎[1]

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Nagoya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なごや
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