Kagoshima

English

Etymology

From Japanese 鹿(か)児(ご)島(しま) (Kagoshima).

Proper noun

Kagoshima

1. A prefecture in southwestern Japan, on the south coast of the island of Kyushu.
2. The capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
3. Minor planet 4703 Kagoshima (1988 BL).

Translations

city

• Arabic: كَاغُوشِيمَا f (kaḡušīmā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹿兒島 / 鹿儿岛 (zh) (Lù'erdǎo)

• Czech: Kagošima (cs)
• French: Kagoshima (fr)
• Greek: Καγκοσίμα (el) (Kagkosíma)
• Hebrew: קגושימה
• Hindi: कागोशिमा m (kāgośimā)
• Japanese: 鹿児島 (ja) (かごしま, Kagoshima)
• Korean: 가고시마 (ko) (Gagosima)
• Marathi: कागोशिमा n (kāgośimā)
• Portuguese: Kagoshima (pt) f
• Russian: Кагоси́ма (ru) f (Kagosíma)
• Spanish: Kagoshima (es)
• Thai: คาโงชิมะ (kaa-ngoo-chí-má)
• Turkish: Kagoşima
• Ukrainian: Кагосіма (uk) f (Kahosima)

prefecture

• Arabic: كَاغُوشِيمَا f (kaḡušīmā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹿兒島 / 鹿儿岛 (zh) (Lù'erdǎo)

• French: Kagoshima (fr)
• Hindi: कागोशिमा m (kāgośimā)
• Japanese: 鹿児島 (ja) (かごしま, Kagoshima)
• Korean: 가고시마 (ko) (Gagosima)
• Marathi: कागोशिमा m (kāgośimā)
• Portuguese: Kagoshima (pt) f
• Russian: Кагоси́ма (ru) f (Kagosíma)
• Spanish: Kagoshima (es)
• Thai: คาโงชิมะ (kaa-ngoo-chí-má)

See also

prefectures 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

Further reading

• Kagoshima on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

Kagoshima

1. Rōmaji transcription of かごしま

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Cagoxima (adapted form)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 鹿児島 (Kagoshima).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɡoˈʃĩ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɡoˈʃĩ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɡoˈʃi.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɡuˈʃi.mɐ/ [kɐ.ɣuˈʃi.mɐ]

Proper noun

Kagoshima f

1. Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
2. Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɡoˈʃima/ [ka.ɣ̞oˈʃi.ma]
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: Ka‧go‧shi‧ma

Proper noun

Kagoshima ?

1. Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
2. Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)