The story
Borrowed from Japanese 名古屋(なごや) (Nagoya). The Indonesian district was nicknamed "Nagoya" by Japanese workers from Taisei Corporation who were working on a construction project in Batam in the 1970s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nagoya
Today it means: The capital city of Aichi Prefecture, in central Honshu, Japan. Full definition →