Where does “宮古” come from?

宮古 (Yaeyama) comes from English Miyako, from Japanese 宮古島, from Japanese 島, from Middle Chinese 島.

宮古 (Yaeyama): Miyako

Definitions

  1. Miyako

Ancestry of “宮古”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMiyakoA group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies a few hundred kilometres east of Taipei, Taiwan
2Japanese宮古島—
3Japanese島an island; one's domain, territory, turf
4Middle Chinese島—

Words derived from “宮古”

Every word from Middle Chinese 島 →Every word from Japanese 島 →Every word from Japanese 宮古島 →