鹿児島

See also: 鹿兒島 and 鹿儿岛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿	児	島
か Grade: 4	こ > ご Grade: 4	しま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鹿兒島 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 麑島

Etymology

鹿子 (kako, kago, “fawn”) +‎ 島 (shima, “island”)

Proper noun

1. Kagoshima (a prefecture of Japan)
2. Kagoshima (a city in Kagoshima Prefecture)

(alternative reading hiragana かごひま, rōmaji Kagohima)
(alternative reading hiragana かごいま, rōmaji Kagoima)
(alternative reading hiragana かごっま, katakana カゴッマ, rōmaji Kagomma)
(alternative reading hiragana かごんま, katakana カゴンマ, rōmaji Kagonma)

1. (Kagoshima) Kagoshima
   • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “またいつか、勝(しょう)負(ぶ)の日(ひ)までの巻(まき) [One Day, We’ll Face off Again]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:

     よかか…オイのなは日(ひ)高(だか)剣(けん)介(すけ)…くやしかったら鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ッマ)セェけ(こい)‼いっでん(いつでも)勝(しょう)負(ぶ)してやっで‼

     Yoka ka… Oi no na wa Hidaka Kensuke… Kuyashikattara Kagomma sē ke‼ Idden shōbu shite yadde‼

     Awrite… Mah name’s Kensuke Hidaka… Come to Kagoshima when yer ready!! Ah’ll be waitin’ to settle witcha again!!

   • 1984 November 15, Motoka Murakami, “鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)の猛(も)者(さ)たちの巻(まき) [The He-Men of Kagoshima]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 21:

     夏(なつ)木(き)よ、鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)ん剣(けん)道(どう)がどげんもんかみせっくるっで‼

     Natsuki yo, Kagonma n kendō ga dogen mon ka misekkurudde‼

     Natsuki, ah’ll show ya what Kagoshima-style kendo is like!!

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Okinawan

Kanji in this term
鹿	児	島
か Grade: 4	く > ぐ Grade: 4	しま Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
鹿兒島 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Japanese 鹿児島 (Kagoshima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɡuɕima/

Proper noun

1. Kagoshima, Japan

References

• “カグシマ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)