Osaka

See also: Ōsaka

English

Alternative forms

• Ōsaka

Etymology

From Japanese 大阪 (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈsɑːkə/, /əʊˈsæ.kə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈsɑ.kə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːkə, -ækə

Proper noun

Osaka

1. The capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
2. A prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.

Derived terms

• Osakan

Translations

city in Honshū, Japan

• Arabic: أُوسَاكَا‎ f (ʔūsakā)
• Armenian: Օսակա (Ōsaka)
• Bengali: ওসাকা (ōśaka)
• Bulgarian: О́сака (Ósaka)
• Burmese: အိုဆာကာ (uihcaka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大阪 (daai⁶ baan²)

  Mandarin: 大阪 (zh) (Dàbǎn), 大坂 (zh) (Dàbǎn)

  Min Nan: 大阪 (Tāi-pán)

• Czech: Ósaka f
• Dutch: Osaka n
• Esperanto: Osako
• Estonian: Osaka (et)
• Finnish: Osaka (fi)
• French: Osaka (fr) f
• Georgian: ოსაკა (osaḳa)
• German: Osaka (de) n
• Greek: Οσάκα (el) f (Osáka)
• Hebrew: אוֹסָקָה‎ f (Ósaka)
• Hindi: ओसाका ? (osākā)
• Hungarian: Oszaka (hu)
• Indonesian: Osaka
• Irish: Ósaca f
• Italian: Osaka (it) f, Ōsaka f
• Japanese: 大阪 (ja) (おおさか, Ōsaka), 大阪市 (ja) (おおさかし, Ōsaka-shi)
• Khmer: អូសាកា (ʼousaakaa)
• Korean: 오사카 (ko) (Osaka), (North Korea) 오사까 (ko) (Osakka)
• Latin: Ōsaca (la) f
• Latvian: Osaka
• Lithuanian: Osaka
• Macedonian: Оса́ка f (Osáka)
• Marathi: ओसाका n (osākā)
• Nepali: ओसाका (osākā)
• Persian: اوساکا‎ (osâkâ)
• Polish: Osaka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Osaka (pt) f, (rare) Osaca (pt) f
• Romanian: Osaka
• Russian: О́сака (ru) f (Ósaka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Оса̀ка f

  Roman: Osàka (sh) f

• Slovak: Osaka
• Slovene: Osaka
• Spanish: Osaka (es) f
• Swedish: Osaka c
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: โอซะกะ (th) (oo-sá-gà), โอซาก้า (th) (oo-saa-gâa)
• Turkish: Osaka
• Ukrainian: О́сака (uk) f (Ósaka)
• Urdu: اوساکا‎ (osākā)
• Vietnamese: Ōsaka

Anagrams

• Asako, Asoka, asoak

Italian

Alternative forms

• Ōsaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大阪 (おおさか, Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈza.ka/, (high-style, less-preferred) /oˈsa.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: O‧sà‧ka

Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)

Japanese

Romanization

Osaka

1. Rōmaji transcription of おさか

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大阪 (おおさか, Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈsa.ka/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: O‧sa‧ka

Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)

Declension

Declension of Osaka

	singular
nominative	Osaka
genitive	Osaki
dative	Osace
accusative	Osakę
instrumental	Osaką
locative	Osace
vocative	Osako

Further reading

• Osaka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Osaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Japanese 大阪 (おおさか, Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Proper noun

Osaka

1. Alternative form of Osaca

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈsaka/ [oˈsa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: O‧sa‧ka

Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan).

Tagalog

Etymology

From Japanese 大阪 (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: O‧sa‧ka
• IPA^(key): /ʔoˈsaka/, [ʔoˈsa.xɐ]

Proper noun

Osaka

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan).