Talk:Shinshūshinmachi, Nagano

Town name
While most English names of Japanese municipalities do not include suffixes like 市, 町, etc., this is an exception because the town's name is clearly a combination of two words, 信州 and 新町. To drop 町 here make the name nonsensical, so the full name must be preserved in English. While there doesn't seem to be an official romanization explicitly determined by the town, observe that the town website URL (http://www.town.shinshushinmachi.nagano.jp/) uses "shinshushinmachi" where other municipalities would drop the "machi," such as Mibu, Tochigi (http://www.town.mibu.tochigi.jp/). -Amake (talk) 10:29, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

is Don't no Move Shinano, Nagano is Shinano"machi".Also, I do not need to Move.--Nishi-Kyo User Talk Contributions 10:50, 18 June 2008 (UTC)


 * ↑これは意味になっていないので日本語に変えます. 日本の市区町村の多くはおっしゃるとおり、「市」「街」などを略してのローマ字表記になっていますが、信州新町は「信州」と「新町」というふたつのことばからなり、「信州新」に略すと意味をなさないので、この場合は例外として「Shinshūshinmachi」が正しいとされます. 根拠としては町のホームページのURLにもこのとおりの表記が見られます.
 * これ以上の移動や取り消しはやめてください. -Amake (talk) 11:25, 18 June 2008 (UTC)


 * じゃあなぜ「信濃」と「町」で意味をなさないのに「Shinano」ですか. --Nishi-Kyo User   Talk   Contributions  10:53, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 「信濃」はそれだけで意味をなします. 「ja:信濃国」や「ja:信濃川」など古くから見られるし地名として明らかに成り立ちます. -Amake (talk) 13:36, 20 June 2008 (UTC)