Houston (hyuusuton) in Japanese

The name Houston in Japanese Katakana is ヒュウストン which in romaji is hyuusuton. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Houston in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ひゅうすとん.

How do you write Houston in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "hyuusuton" is 旭順 (pronounced "kyuu-jun"). The kanji 旭 means "rising sun" and 順 means "obey, comply".

The western meaning of the name "Houston" is "Hugh's town". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is "Hūsun-taun", which is pronounced "Hoo-soo-n-tahn". The Kanji characters used to write this name mean "large" and "village".

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