Midori has a number of meanings:
The word midori (みどり, 緑) is the Japanese word for "green".
Places
It is the name of wards (緑区) in several cities in Japan:
- Midori-ku, Chiba
- Midori-ku, Nagoya
- Midori-ku, Saitama
- Midori-ku, Yokohama
It is also the name of a city in Japan:
- Midori, Gunma, Gunma Prefecture
People
Midori is also a common Japanese female personal name.
It is the name of several people:
- Midori Gotō (五嶋 みどり Gotō Midori) (born 1971), Japanese violinist who performs under only the name "Midori"
- Midori Ito (伊藤 みどり Itō Midori) (born 1969), former Japanese figure skater
- Midori (author) (美登里)
- Midori Snyder, fantasy author
- Midori (porn star)
Entertainment and arts
- Midori Days (美鳥の日々), an anime series, and its title character Midori Kasugano
- Midori Sugiura, a character in the anime and manga series My-HiME and My-Otome
- Midori (band), A Japanese jazz-punk fusion band formed in 2003
- An alias of new-age musician Medwyn Goodall
- Midori (1992 film), an anime directed by Hiroshi Harada
- Midori (1996 film), a film directed by Ryuichi Hiroki
Technology
- Midori (operating system), the code name for an operating system being developed at Microsoft
- Midori (web browser), a web browser based on WebKit rendering engine
- Midori operating system[1], the code name for an operating system created at Transmeta in 2001 based on a Linux distribution
- Midori Javascript Framework, a JavaScript framework
- Midori (satellite) or Advanced Earth Observing Satellite, a Japanese satellite
Other
- Midori (train), the name of a train service operating in Japan
- Midori liqueur, a bright green, melon-flavoured liqueur made by Suntory in Mexico
 |
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
