Minami (
kanji 南,
hiragana みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning "
south
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
".
Places
Japan
There are several Minami
wards in Japan, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city:
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Minami, Tokushima, a village in Tokushima Prefecture
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Minami-ku, Sapporo
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Minami-ku, Niigata
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Minami-ku, Saitama
is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and is located in the southern part of the city. , the ward had an estimated population of 192,143 and a population density of 14,000 persons per km². Its total area wa ...
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Minami-ku, Yokohama
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Minami-ku, Sagamihara
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Minami-ku, Hamamatsu
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Minami-ku, Nagoya
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Minami-ku, Kyoto
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Minami-ku, Sakai
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Minami-ku, Okayama
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Minami-ku, Hiroshima
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Minami-ku, Fukuoka
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Minami ward of
Osaka merged with Higashi ward and is now part of
Chūō ward.
Other uses
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Minami (name)
See also
Other directions:
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Nishi (West)
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Higashi (disambiguation) Higashi is the Japanese word for ''east''. In kanji it is represented as 東.
Higashi may also refer to:
Places
*Higashi, Shibuya, a district of Shibuya, Tokyo
*Higashi, Fukushima, a village in Fukushima Prefecture
*Higashi, Okinawa, a village in ...
(East)
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Kita (disambiguation) (North)
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