Minami (

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

南,

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

みなみ) is a Japanese word meaning "

south South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

Places

Japan

There are several Minami wards in Japan, most of them appropriately in the south part of a city: * Minami, Tokushima, a village in Tokushima Prefecture * Minami-ku, Sapporo * Minami-ku, Niigata * Minami-ku, Saitama * Minami-ku, Yokohama * Minami-ku, Sagamihara * Minami-ku, Hamamatsu *

Minami-ku, Nagoya is one of the 16 wards of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2019, the ward had an estimated population of 136,015 and a population density of 7,368 persons per km2. The total area was 18.46 km2. Minami-ku Ward ...

Minami-ku, Kyoto is one of the eleven Wards of Kyoto, wards in the Municipalities of Japan, city of Kyoto, Kyoto, Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku. As of April, 2016 ...

* Minami-ku, Sakai * Minami-ku, Okayama *

Minami-ku, Hiroshima is one of the eight Wards of Japan, wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.0 ...

* Minami-ku, Fukuoka * Minami ward of

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merged with Higashi ward and is now part of Chūō ward.

Other uses

* Minami (name)

Places

Japan

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