Miyako

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies a few hundred kilometres east of Taipei, Taiwan.
  2. 2
    A city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded in February of 1941.
  3. 3
    A female given name from Japanese.
  4. 4
    The Miyako language of the island, one of several Ryūkyūan languages.
  5. 5
    A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Japanese 宮古島 (miyako-jima).

Etymology 2

From Japanese 宮古市.

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