沖縄県
Japanese
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| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 沖 | 縄 | 県 |
| おき Grade: 4 |
なわ Grade: 4 |
けん Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi | kan'on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 沖繩縣 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From 沖縄 (Okinawa) + 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]沖縄県 • (Okinawa-ken) ←おきなはけん (Okinafaken)?
- a prefecture of Japan comprising of islands south of 九州 (Kyūshū, “Kyushu”) between the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea; its capital city is 那覇 (Naha)
See also
[edit]- 琉球 (Ryūkyū)
References
[edit]- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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