How to say 'New york' in Japanese | ニューヨーク

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The Japanese word for New york is 'Nyuuyouku', written as ニューヨーク in Japanese.

word

ニューヨーク

Meaning

New york

Reading

Nyuuyouku

Explanation

The Japanese proper noun 'ニューヨーク (nyuuyouku)' refers to the city of New York. It is a direct transliteration of the English name into Japanese katakana, which is commonly used for foreign place names. For example: I want to visit New York「ニューヨークに行きたい」(にゅーよーくにいきたい). New York is a big city「ニューヨークは大きな街です」(にゅーよーくはおおきなまちです). This word is used in the same contexts as in English, referring to the city in the United States.

Part Of Speech

proper noun

Frequency

3065

Composition

katakana

Handwriting

Katakana in the Word ニューヨーク

This word contains 4 Katakana characters :

katakana

ニ

Reading

katakana

ニュ

Reading

Nyu

katakana

ヨ

Reading

katakana

ク

Reading

katakana

ユ

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'Nyuuyouku' means 'New york' .

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