Miyako

See also: miyako

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 宮古島 (miyako-jima).

Proper noun

Miyako

1. A group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies a few hundred kilometres east of Taipei, Taiwan.
2. The Miyako language of the island, one of several Ryūkyūan languages.

Translations

an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宮古島／宫古岛 (Gōnggǔ Dǎo)

• Portuguese: Miyako (pt) f

Language

• Breton: miyakoeg
• French: miyako (fr)
• German: Miyako-Sprache
• Japanese: 宮古語 (ja) (Miyak-go), 宮古方言 (Miyako hōgen)
• Lithuanian: mijakų
• Marathi: मियाको f (miyāko)
• Miyako: 宮古言 (Myākufutsu)
• Okinawan: 宮古口 (Nākuguchi)
• Russian: мия́коское наре́чие n (mijákoskoje naréčije)
• Serbo-Croatian: miyako
• Spanish: miyako m
• Turkish: Miyakoca

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Miyako terms

Etymology 2

From Japanese 宮古市.

Proper noun

Miyako

1. A city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded in February of 1941.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Miyako

1. A female given name from Japanese
2. A surname from Japanese.

See also

• Ethnologue entry for Miyako, mvi ⁠

Anagrams

• kiamoy

Japanese

Romanization

Miyako

1. Rōmaji transcription of みやこ

Portuguese

Proper noun

Miyako f

1. Miyako (an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)