Okinawa
See also: okinawa
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwə/, /ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊkiˈnɑwə/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːwə
Proper noun
editOkinawa
- A prefecture and island group in Japan.
- Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina
- 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.
- The second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa prefecture, Japan.
- Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina
- (historical, World War II) The Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editprefecture
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city
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See also
editprefectures of Japanedit
- Aichi
- Akita
- Aomori
- Chiba
- Ehime
- Fukui
- Fukuoka
- Fukushima
- Gifu
- Gunma
- Hiroshima
- Hokkaidō
- Hyōgo
- Ibaraki
- Ishikawa
- Iwate
- Kagawa
- Kagoshima
- Kanagawa
- Kōchi
- Kumamoto
- Kyoto
- Mie
- Miyagi
- Miyazaki
- Nagano
- Nagasaki
- Nara
- Niigata
- Ōita
- Okayama
- Okinawa
- Osaka
- Saga
- Saitama
- Shiga
- Shimane
- Shizuoka
- Tochigi
- Tokushima
- Tokyo
- Tottori
- Toyama
- Wakayama
- Yamagata
- Yamaguchi
- Yamanashi
Czech
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editOkinawa f (relational adjective okinawský, demonym Okinawan, female demonym Okinawanka)
- Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)
Declension
editFurther reading
editIlocano
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Okinawa, due to its similarities with the swear word ukinana.
Pronunciation
editInterjection
editOkináwa (minced oath, slightly vulgar, colloquial)
- Alternative form of ukinana
Japanese
editRomanization
editOkinawa
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editProper noun
editOkinawa f
- Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editOkinawa f
- Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːwə
- Rhymes:English/ɑːwə/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- en:Prefectures of Japan
- en:Islands
- en:Places in Japan
- en:Places in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- English terms with quotations
- en:Cities in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- en:Cities in Japan
- English terms with historical senses
- en:World War II
- Czech terms borrowed from Japanese
- Czech terms derived from Japanese
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/ava
- Rhymes:Czech/ava/4 syllables
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech terms spelled with W
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- cs:Islands
- cs:Cities in Japan
- cs:Prefectures of Japan
- cs:Places in Japan
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Ilocano terms borrowed from English
- Ilocano terms derived from English
- Ilocano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ilocano lemmas
- Ilocano interjections
- Ilocano minced oaths
- Ilocano vulgarities
- Ilocano colloquialisms
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese terms spelled with W
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- pt:Islands
- pt:Cities in Japan
- pt:Prefectures of Japan
- pt:Places in Japan
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/awa
- Rhymes:Spanish/awa/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish terms spelled with W
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- es:Islands
- es:Cities in Japan
- es:Prefectures of Japan
- es:Places in Japan