Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of ひたち – see the following entries.
日立
[proper noun] Hitachi, a Japanese company
[proper noun] Hitachi (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
[proper noun] Hitachi Province, a former region in Japan, roughly equivalent to modern-day Ibaraki prefecture
[proper noun] an imperial title, granted to Prince Hitachi and Princess Hitachi
常陸
[proper noun] Hitachi Province, an old province of Japan
(This term, ひたち, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)