London (rondon) in Japanese

The name London in Japanese Katakana is ロンドン which in romaji is rondon. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, London in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ろんどん.

How do you write London in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "rondon" is 論土, which is pronounced "ron-do" and means "theory of the land".

The western meaning of the name London is "from the long hill". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 長坂 (Nagasaka), pronounced na-ga-sa-ka. The Kanji characters mean "long" (長) and "hill" (坂).

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