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Name Ichinomiya
Type Surname
Usage Japanese
Scripts 一宮, 一之宮, 市之宮 (kanji), 一の宮 (kanji/hiragana), 一ノ宮 (kanji/katakana), いちのみや (hiragana), イチノミヤ (katakana)
Pronounced Pron. EE-CHEE-NO-MEE-YAH
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

This surname is used as 一宮, 一の宮, 一ノ宮, 一之宮 or 市之宮 with 一 (ichi, itsu, hito, hito.tsu) meaning "one," 市 (shi, ichi) meaning "city, market, town," 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" or 宮 (kyuu, ku, kuu, guu, miya) meaning "constellations, palace, princess."

As a word, ichinomiya (一宮, 一の宮 or 一之宮) is an historical term to the most important provincial Shintō shrine or the Shintō shrine with the highest shrine rank.

Ichinomiya (一宮) is also used as a place name.
Added 11/2/2015 by AtoZ22