Shiga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 滋賀(しが) (Shiga).

Proper noun

Shiga (uncountable)

1. A prefecture of Japan. Capital: Ōtsu.

Translations

Shiga, Japan

• Arabic: شِيغَا f (šīḡā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滋賀／滋贺 (zh) (Zīhè)

• Czech: Šiga f
• Japanese: 滋賀 (ja) (しが, Shiga)
• Korean: 시가 (ko) (Siga)
• Marathi: शिगा (śigā)
• Russian: Си́га (ru) f (Síga)

See also

• (prefectures of Japan) Japan; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaidō, Hyōgo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kōchi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Ōita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi

Anagrams

• Gashi, Higas

Japanese

Romanization

Shiga

1. Rōmaji transcription of しが