Kita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kita"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 北 (きた, Kita).

Proper noun

Kita

1. A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Saitama Prefecture, Adachi, Arakawa, Bunkyō, Toshima, and Itabashi special wards.

Translations

one of special wards that forms Tokyo

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北 (zh) (Běi)

• Japanese: 北 (ja) (きた, Kita)
• Marathi: किता (kitā)
• Russian: Итаба́си (ru) m (Itabási)

Anagrams

• tika, Kati, Atik, kati, Kait, taki, ikat

German

Etymology

Clipping of Kindertagesstätte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ki‧ta
• Rhymes: -iːta

Noun

Kita f (genitive Kita, plural Kitas or Kiten)

1. (chiefly Germany) day care center

Declension

Declension of Kita [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kita	die	Kitas, Kiten
genitive	einer	der	Kita	der	Kitas, Kiten
dative	einer	der	Kita	den	Kitas, Kiten
accusative	eine	die	Kita	die	Kitas, Kiten

References

• “Kita” in Duden online
• “Kita” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kita” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Japanese

Romanization

Kita

1. Rōmaji transcription of きた

Polish

Etymology

From Polish kita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: Ki‧ta
• Homophone: kita

Proper noun

Kita m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kita

	singular	plural
nominative	Kita	Kitowie
genitive	Kity	Kitów
dative	Kicie	Kitom
accusative	Kitę	Kitów
instrumental	Kitą	Kitami
locative	Kicie	Kitach
vocative	Kito	Kitowie

Proper noun

Kita f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Kita

	singular	plural
nominative	Kita	Kity
genitive	Kity	Kit
dative	Kicie	Kitom
accusative	Kitę	Kity
instrumental	Kitą	Kitami
locative	Kicie	Kitach
vocative	Kito	Kity

Further reading

• “Kita”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022