Sakai

See also: sakai and šakai

English

Etymology 1

From Malay Sakai.

Noun

Sakai (plural Sakai)

1. A member of a certain people of Malaya.

Proper noun

Sakai

1. The language spoken by this people.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 堺 (Sakai), Japanese 酒井 (Sakai), Japanese 坂井 (Sakai) or Japanese 境 (Sakai).

Proper noun

Sakai (plural Sakais)

1. A large city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
2. A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
3. A former town in Sawa district, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the city of Isesaki.
4. A town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
5. A former village in Higashichikuma district, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the village of Chikuhoku.
6. A surname from Japanese.

Anagrams

• Asaki, sakia

Japanese

Romanization

Sakai

1. Rōmaji transcription of さかい

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 堺 (Sakai), Japanese 酒井 (Sakai), Japanese 坂井 (Sakai) or Japanese 境 (Sakai).

Proper noun

Sakai m or f

1. Sakai (a large city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Sakai (a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan)
3. Sakai (a former town in Sawa district, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the city of Isesaki)
4. Sakai (a town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
5. Sakai (a former village in Higashichikuma district, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the village of Chikuhoku)

Proper noun

Sakai m or f by sense

1. a surname from Japanese