Okinawa

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 沖縄 (Okinawa).

Proper noun

Okinawa

1. A group of islands known as the Okinawa Islands
2. The main island in the Okinawa Islands; Okinawa Island, where the biggest urban settlement is the city of Naha
3. The southern-most prefecture of Japan
4. A city in Okinawa Prefecture

Derived terms

• Battle of Okinawa

Translations

prefecture

• Ainu: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: الْأُوكِينَاوَا f (al-ʔūkīnāwā), مُحَافَظَة أُوكِينَاوَا (muḥāfaẓa(t) ʔūkīnāwā)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 沖繩／冲绳 (cung¹ sing⁴), 冲绳 (cung¹sing⁴), 沖繩縣／冲绳县, 冲绳县 (cung¹sing⁴jyun⁶)

  Mandarin: 沖繩／冲绳 (zh) (Chōngshéng), 冲绳 (zh) (Chōngshéng), 沖繩縣／冲绳县 (zh), 冲绳县 (zh) (Chōngshéngxiàn)

• Cia-Cia: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: Okinawa f
• Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: Okinawa
• Hawaiian: ʻOkinawa
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 沖縄 (ja) (Okinawa), 沖縄県 (ja) (Okinawa-ken)
• Korean: 오키나와 (ko) (Okinawa), 오키나와 현 (Okinawa hyoen)
• Kunigami: 沖縄 (Fuchinā)
• Lithuanian: Okinava (lt) f, Okinavos prefektūra
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: ओकिनावा (okināvā)
• Miyako: 沖縄 (Uksïnā)
• Okinawan: 沖縄 (Uchinā), 沖縄県 (Uchinā-chin)
• Polish: Okinawa (pl)
• Portuguese: Okinawa (pt) f
• Russian: Окина́ва (ru) f (Okináva), Префекту́ра Окина́ва f (Prefektúra Okináva)
• Samogitian: Okinava f
• Sanskrit: ओकिनावा f (okināvā), उचिना f (ucinā)
• Slovak: Okinava f
• Southern Amami-Oshima: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: ཨོ་ཀི་ན་ལྦ། (o ki na lba)
• Vietnamese: Okinawa, Tỉnh Okinawa
• Yaeyama: 沖縄 (Ukïnā)
• Yonaguni: 沖縄 (Unna)

city

• Ainu: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: أُوكِينَاوَا f (ʔūkīnāwā), مَدِينَة أُوكِينَاوَا (madīna(t) ʔūkīnāwā)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 沖繩市／冲绳市, 冲绳市 (cung¹sing⁴si⁵)

  Mandarin: 沖繩市／冲绳市, 冲绳市 (Chōngshéngshì)

• Czech: Okinawa f
• Finnish: Okinawa
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 沖縄市 (Okinawa-shi)
• Korean: 오키나와 시 (Okinawa si)
• Marathi: ओकिनावा (okināvā)
• Okinawan: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: Okinawa (pt) f
• Russian: Окина́ва (ru) f (Okináva)
• Vietnamese: Okinawa, Thành phố Okinawa

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Japanese

Romanization

Okinawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of おきなわ

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Oquinaua (rare)

Proper noun

Okinawa f

1. Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)