Shibuya

Shibuya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 渋谷 (しぶや, Shibuya, literally “harsh valley”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈbuːjə/
• Rhymes: -uːjə

Proper noun

Shibuya (plural Shibuyas)

1. A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Shinjuku, Minato, Shinagawa, Meguro, Setagaya, Suginami, and Nakano special wards.
2. A surname from Japanese.

Translations

one of the special wards that form Tokyo

Arabic: شِيبُويَا‎ f (šībūyā) Armenian: Սիբույա (Sibuya) Azerbaijani: Şibuya Chinese: Cantonese: 澀谷區 (sik1 guk1 keoi1), 澀谷 (sik1 guk1) Mandarin: 澀谷區／涩谷区 (Sègǔ qū), 澀谷／涩谷 (Sègǔ) Czech: Šibuja f Esperanto: Ŝibuja Georgian: შიბუია (šibuia) Greek: Σιμπούγια f (Simpoúgia) Hebrew: שִׁיבּוּיָה‎ f (Shibuyá) Hindi: शिबुया f (śibuyā) Hungarian: Sibuja Italian: Shibuya f Japanese: 渋谷区 (しぶやく, Shibuya-ku), 渋谷 (しぶや, Shibuya) Korean: 시부야 구 (Sibuya gu), 시부야 (Sibuya) Lithuanian: Šibuja f Persian: شیبویا‎ (šibuyâ) Russian: Сибу́я (ru) m (Sibúja) Thai: ชิบุยะ (chí-bù-yá) Ukrainian: Шібу́я m (Šibúja)

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Japanese

Romanization

Shibuya

1. Rōmaji transcription of しぶや

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese 渋谷 (Shibuya).

Proper noun

Shibuya

1. a surname from Japanese