# Nagoya

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,753

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Aichi Prefecture, in central Honshu, Japan.
2. Synonym of Lubuk Baja: a district of Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 名古屋(なごや) (Nagoya). The Indonesian district was nicknamed "Nagoya" by Japanese workers from Taisei Corporation who were working on a construction project in Batam in the 1970s.

## Easily confused with
- **Nagy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nagoya-vs-nagy)
- **naga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naga-vs-nagoya)

## Common misspellings (8)
`angoya`, `naggoya`, `nagoay`, `nagoyya`, `nagyoa`, `naogya`, `ngaoya`, `nnagoya`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nagoya