志賀

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 志賀(しが) (Shiga).

志賀

1. an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 志賀, Shiga

Superficially 志(し) (shi, “determination”) + 賀(が) (ga, “celebration”). Shiga, the area near Lake Biwa, was the site of Emperor Tenchi’s palace in the late 7th century. In waka poetry 志賀 is often used to evoke nostalgia for the ancient empire.^[1]

Compare 滋賀 (Shiga).

• (Tokyo) しが [shíꜜgà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) しが [shìgá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡa̠]

志(し)賀(が) • (Shiga) 

1. neighborhoods of Kita ward, Nagoya, and of Toyota, in Aichi Prefecture
2. a neighborhood of Ranzan, Saitama Prefecture
3. a neighborhood of Saku, Nagano Prefecture
4. a neighborhood of Yoshino, Nara Prefecture
5. the neighborhoods of Iwanuma and Misato, Miyagi Prefecture
6. the neighborhoods of Katsuragi and Hidaka, Wakayama Prefecture
7. former name for the area southwest to Biwa and around Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
8. a surname

   志(し)賀(が)潔(きよし)

   Shiga Kiyoshi

   Kiyoshi Shiga, physician and eponym of the Shigella genus

• → Chinese: 志賀 / 志贺 (Zhìhè)
• → English: Shiga

Attested in the Man’yōshū, c. 759, in reference to Shikanoshima.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ɕika̠]

志(し)賀(か) • (Shika) 

1. a town in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
2. short for 志賀島 (Shikanoshima), an area north of Fukuoka city