Where does “Niigata” come from?
Niigata (English) comes from Japanese 新潟, from Japanese 新, from Middle Chinese 新.
Ancestry of “Niigata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 新潟 | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 新 | a novelty; Short for 新暦 : the Gregorian calendar;... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 新 | — |
Words derived from “Niigata”