Meanings
- The capital city of Aichi Prefecture, in central Honshu, Japan.
The first phase of the project, connecting Tokyo and Nagoya, is scheduled to be completed in 2027 and is expected to cut traveling time between those cities by half.
2019 March 4, Maggie Hiufu Wong, “China to introduce new generation of driverless trains in 2020”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Lubuk Baja: a district of Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَاغُويَا
- نَاغُويَا (naḡūyā)a city of Japan
Chinese Cantonese 名古屋
- 名古屋 (ming⁴ gu⁵ uk¹)a city of Japan
Chinese Mandarin 名古屋
- 名古屋 (Mínggǔwū)a city of Japan
Hindi नागोया
- नागोया (nāgoyā)a city of Japan
Indonesian Nagoya
- Nagoyaa city of Japan
Japanese 名古屋
- 名古屋 (Nagoya)a city of Japan
Korean 나고야
- 나고야 (Nagoya)a city of Japan
Polish Nagoja
- Nagojaa city of Japan
Russian Наго́я
- Наго́я (Nagója)a city of Japan
Thai นาโงยะ
- นาโงยะ (naa-ngoo-yá)a city of Japan
Ukrainian Наго́я, Наґо́я
- Наго́я (Nahója)a city of Japan
- Наґо́я (Nagója)a city of Japan
Urdu ناگویا
- ناگویا (nāgoyā)a city of Japan
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Cite this entry
Nagoya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nagoya
“Nagoya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nagoya. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nagoya,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nagoya.
Source: Nagoya on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.