Ósaka

See also: Osaka and Ōsaka

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大(おお)阪(さか) (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːsaka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: Ósa‧ka

Proper noun

Ósaka f (related adjective ósacký)

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan)

Declension

Declension of Ósaka (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Ósaka
genitive	Ósaky
dative	Ósace
accusative	Ósaku
vocative	Ósako
locative	Ósace
instrumental	Ósakou

Further reading

• “Ósaka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Ósaka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)