Santiago
サンティアゴ
Santiago
Also written サンチャゴ.
How It Is Said
- サsa
- ンn
- ティti
- アa
- ゴgo
Santiago: five beats, each about the same length. Japanese has no strong stress, so the name is said evenly, beat by beat.
By Language
| Language | Katakana | Rōmaji | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | サンティアゴ | Santiago | the usual form |
| サンチャゴ | Sanchago | also in use |
What Happens to the Sounds
- A small kana joins the one before it into one beat: ティ (ti).
- ン is a humming n, and it counts as a beat of its own.
Santiago de Compostela is サンティアゴ・デ・コンポステーラ in Japanese.
To Type It
On a computer with Japanese input switched on, type sannthiago (nn gives ン), then press F7 on Windows or Control+K on a Mac to turn it into katakana. On a phone, type the same letters with the Japanese keyboard and choose サンティアゴ among the suggestions.
The Same Name in Other Languages
Why Katakana
In Japan, names from abroad are written in katakana, the script for words from other languages. Kanji versions of Western names are mostly invented, and a Japanese reader often sees odd meanings in them; the katakana is what a Japanese person would really write. More on katakana and names
