西岡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
西	岡
にし Grade: 2	おか Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 西(にし) (nishi, “the west”) + 岡(おか) (oka, “hillock”), literally, “hill on the west”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にしおか [nìshíóká] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɕio̞ka̠]

Proper noun

西(にし)岡(おか) • (Nishioka) ^{←にしをか (nisiwoka)?}

1. Nishioka (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. A neighborhood of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture.
   2. A neighborhood of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture.
   3. A neighborhood of Tōon, Ehime Prefecture.
   4. A neighborhood of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.
   5. A neighborhood of Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture.
   6. A neighborhood of Itakura, Gunma Prefecture.
   7. A neighborhood of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture.
   8. A neighborhood of Agano, Niigata Prefecture.
   9. The neighborhoods of Toyohira ward, Sapporo and of Kenbuchi, in Hokkaido prefecture.
2. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Nishioka