Shibuya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 渋谷 (しぶや, Shibuya, literally “harsh valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈbuːjə/
• Rhymes: -uːjə

Proper noun

Shibuya (plural Shibuyas)

1. A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Shinjuku, Minato, Shinagawa, Meguro, Setagaya, Suginami, and Nakano special wards.
   • 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 139:

     The neighborhood we lived in wasn’t like the image most people have of Tokyo, all slick and modern like Shinjuku or Shibuya, with skyscrapers made of concrete and glass.

2. A surname from Japanese.

Derived terms

• Shibuya-kei
• Shibuya toast

 

Translations

one of the special wards that form Tokyo

• Arabic: شِيبُويَا f (šībūyā)
• Armenian: Սիբույա (Sibuya)
• Azerbaijani: Şibuya
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 澀谷區／涩谷区 (sik¹ guk¹ keoi¹), 澀谷／涩谷 (sik¹ guk¹)

  Mandarin: 澀谷區／涩谷区 (Sègǔ qū), 澀谷／涩谷 (zh) (Sègǔ)

• Czech: Šibuja (cs) f
• Esperanto: Ŝibuja
• Georgian: შიბუია (šibuia)
• Greek: Σιμπούγια f (Simpoúgia)
• Hebrew: שִׁיבּוּיָה f (Shibuyá)
• Hindi: शिबुया f (śibuyā)
• Hungarian: Sibuja
• Italian: Shibuya f
• Japanese: 渋谷区 (しぶやく, Shibuya-ku), 渋谷 (しぶや, Shibuya)
• Korean: 시부야 구 (Sibuya gu), 시부야 (Sibuya)
• Lithuanian: Šibuja f
• Marathi: शिबुया (śibuyā)
• Persian: شیبویا (šibuyâ)
• Russian: Сибу́я (ru) m (Sibúja)
• Thai: ชิบุยะ (chí-bù-yá)
• Ukrainian: Шібу́я m (Šibúja)

Japanese

Romanization

Shibuya

1. Rōmaji transcription of しぶや

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 渋谷 (Shibuya).

Proper noun

Shibuya (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜊᜓᜌ)

1. a surname from Japanese