See also: okinawa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa).

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Proper noun

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Okinawa

  1. A prefecture and island group in Japan.
    Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina
  2. The main island of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in Okinawa prefecture, Japan.
    Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina
    • 2010, Walter Mondale, David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics[1], Scribner, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 323:
      Anyone who knew our military installation in Okinawa knew it was a room full of gasoline waiting for someone to strike a match. We had forty-two bases on the island with more than twenty thousand personnel. All of them were living and conducting exercises right up against Okinawan civilian neighborhoods.
  3. The second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa prefecture, Japan.
    Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina
  4. (historical, World War II) The Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945.

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈokɪnava]
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: Oki‧na‧wa

Proper noun

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Okinawa f (relational adjective okinawský, demonym Okinawan, female demonym Okinawanka)

  1. Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Okinawa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • Okinawa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Ilocano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Okinawa, due to its similarities with the swear word ukinana.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔokinˈnawa/ [ʔo.kinˈna.wa]
  • Hyphenation: O‧ki‧na‧wa

Interjection

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Okináwa (minced oath, slightly vulgar, colloquial)

  1. Alternative form of ukinana

Japanese

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Romanization

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Okinawa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おきなわ

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Proper noun

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Okinawa f

  1. Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /okiˈnawa/ [o.kiˈna.wa]
  • Rhymes: -awa
  • Syllabification: O‧ki‧na‧wa

Proper noun

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Okinawa f

  1. Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)