Newton (nyuuton) in Japanese

The name Newton in Japanese Katakana is ニュウトン which in romaji is nyuuton. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Newton in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is にゅうとん.

How do you write Newton in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "newton" is 新頓 (にゅうとん). It is pronounced "nyuu-ton". The kanji 新 means "new" and 頓 means "sudden".

The western meaning of the name Newton is "new town". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 新町 (Shin-machi), which is pronounced as "shin-mah-chee". The Kanji characters mean "new" (新) and "town" (町).

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