大阪

See also 大坂

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
大	阪

Alternative forms

• 大坂

Etymology 1

oposaka > oɸosaka > owosaka > oosaka > oːsaka. Compound of opo (“great”) and saka (“hill”). The geographical area was historically known as Osaka / Ozaka (“little hill”) and was renamed to Ōsaka / Ōzaka "great hill". Originally spelled as 大坂 before being replaced with 大阪.

Proper noun

大阪 (hiragana おおさか, romaji ōsaka, historical hiragana おほさか)

1. Ōsaka, a prefecture of Japan.

Derived terms

• 大阪市 (ōsaka shi)
• 大阪場所 (ōsaka basho)
• 大阪大学 (ōsaka daigaku)
• 大阪府 (ōsaka fu)

Etymology 2

opo saka > opozaka > oɸozaka > owozaka > oozaka > oːzaka. Medial /s/ voices to /z/ due to rendaku. Compound of opo (“great”) and saka (“hill”). The geographical area was historically known as Osaka / Ozaka (“little hill”) and was renamed to Ōsaka / Ōzaka "great hill". Originally spelled as 大坂 before being replaced with 大阪.

Proper noun

大阪 (hiragana おおざか, romaji ōzaka, historical hiragana おほざか)

1. historical reading for present-day Ōsaka prefecture.

See also

• 逢坂 (ōsaka)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

大阪

Proper noun

大阪 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin Dàbǎn)

1. Ōsaka, Japan

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Min Nan

simpl. and trad.

大阪

Proper noun

大阪 (traditional and simplified, POJ Tāi-pán)

1. Ōsaka, Japan