English Explanatory Dictionary

Okinawa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A prefecture and island group of Japan.
  2. The main island of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
  3. The second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
  4. The Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945.

Pronunciation

/ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwə/ /ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwə/ /ˌoʊkiˈnɑwə/ En-us-Okinawa.oga

Word forms

Okinawa

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Uchina

Derived words

Battle of Okinawa Okinawan Okinawa diet

Translations

Arabic: أُوكِينَاوَا Chinese Cantonese: 沖繩 /冲绳 Chinese Cantonese: 沖繩縣 /冲绳县 Chinese Mandarin: 沖繩 /冲绳 Chinese Mandarin: 沖繩縣 /冲绳县 Czech: Okinawa Finnish: Okinawa French: Okinawa Hawaiian: ʻOkinawa Hebrew: אוקינווה Hindi: ओकिनावा Japanese: 沖縄 Japanese: 沖縄県 Korean: 오키나와 Korean: 오키나와 현 Kunigami: 沖縄 Lithuanian: Okinava Lithuanian: Okinavos prefektūra Marathi: ओकिनावा Miyako: 沖縄 Okinawan: 沖縄 Okinawan: 沖縄県 Polish: Okinawa Portuguese: Okinawa Portuguese: Oquinaua Russian: Окина́ва Russian: Префекту́ра Окина́ва Samogitian: Okinava Slovak: Okinava Spanish: Okinawa Tibetan: ཨོ་ཀི་ན་ལྦ། Vietnamese: Okinawa Vietnamese: Tỉnh Okinawa Yaeyama: 沖縄 Yonaguni: 沖縄
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