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Nive Nielsen, Greenlandic singer and songwriter. This is a list of multilingual bands and artists.The band's or artist's native language is listed first. The list itself may also contain some singers from all over the world whose first language is English and ability to sing in different languages.
Japanese names may be written in hiragana or katakana, the Japanese language syllabaries for words of Japanese or foreign origin, respectively. As such, names written in hiragana or katakana are phonetic rendering and lack meanings that are expressed by names written in the logographic kanji.
On documents or forms requiring a first and last name, 山田 太郎 Yamada Tarō and 山田 花子 Yamada Hanako are very commonly used example names for men and women respectively, [31] comparable to John and Jane Smith in English. Both are generic but possible names in Japanese.
Some prominent Japanese-American women with Japanese names include artist and musician Yoko Ono, singer-songwriter Mitski (born Mitsuki Laycock), civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama, "Orange is ...
When a musical key or key signature is referred to in a language other than English, that language may use the usual notation used in English (namely the letters A to G, along with translations of the words sharp, flat, major and minor in that language): languages which use the English system include Irish, Welsh, Hindi, Japanese (based on katakana in iroha order), Korean (based on hangul in ...
Chateaubriand – translator of Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost into French prose; Joséphine Colomb – translator from Italian; Marie De Cotteblanche (c. 1520 – c. 1584) – French noble woman known for her skill in languages and translation of works from Spanish to French
75 Common Japanese Last Names and What They Mean 1. Satō ... These 100 French Last Names Will Transport You Straight to Paris! 4. Tanaka. Means "rice field." 5. Watanabe.
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...