Last name origin & meaning: Japanese: ‘harmonious rice paddy’ (an older, formerly more common
reading was Nigita, with a meaning similar to that of
Yoshida). One powerful daimyō family, descended from the
Taira through the Miura family, supported the Minamoto
against the Taira in the 12th century. They took their name from the
village of Wada in the Miura Peninsula.
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