# naga vs Nagoya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### naga
*noun · IPA /ˈnɑːɡə/ · frequency rank #30,148*
A loincloth.

### Nagoya
*name · frequency rank #33,753*
The capital city of Aichi Prefecture, in central Honshu, Japan.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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