Osaka

See also: Ōsaka

English

Alternative forms

• Ōsaka

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊˈsɑːkə/
• IPA^(key): /oʊˈsɑkə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːkə

Proper noun

Osaka

1. The capital city of Osaka Prefecture in Honshū, Japan.
2. A prefecture of Japan.

Derived terms

• Osakan

Translations

city in Honshū, Japan

• Arabic: أُوسَاكَا f (ʾūsakā)
• Armenian: Օսակա (Ōsaka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大阪 (daai⁶ baan²)

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

  Min Nan: 大阪 (Tāi-pán)

• Czech: Ósaka f
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: Ósaca f
• Italian: Osaka (it) f, Ōsaka f
• Japanese: 大阪 (おおさか, Ōsaka), 大阪市 (ja) (おおさかし, Ōsaka-shi)
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• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 오사카 (Osaka), (North Korea) 오사까 (Osakka)
• Latin: Ōsaca (la) f
• Macedonian: Оса́ка f (Osáka)
• Marathi: ओसाका n (osākā)
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Osaka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Osaka (pt) f, (rare) Osaca (pt) f
• Russian: О́сака (ru) f (Ósaka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Оса̀ка f

  Roman: Osàka (sh) f

• 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)
• Vietnamese: Ōsaka

Anagrams

• Asako, Asoka, asoak

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Italian

Alternative forms

• Ōsaka

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈza.ka/, /oˈsa.ka/, /ˈɔ.sa.ka/
• Hyphenation: O‧sà‧ka, Ò‧sa‧ka

Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (a city in Honshū, Japan)

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Japanese

Romanization

Osaka

1. Rōmaji transcription of おさか

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈsa.ka/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (a city in Honshū, Japan)

Declension

Declension of Osaka

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

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Osaca (rare)
• Ozaka, Ozaca (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈza.kɐ/, /ˈo.sa.kɐ/

Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (a city in Honshū, Japan)