Okinawa

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwə/, /ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊkiˈnɑwə/ Rhymes: -ɑːwə === Proper noun === Okinawa A prefecture and island group of Japan. Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina The main island of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina The second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina (historical, World War II) The Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945. ==== Derived terms ==== Battle of Okinawa Okinawan Okinawa diet ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈokɪnava] Rhymes: -ava Hyphenation: Oki‧na‧wa === Proper noun === Okinawa f (relational adjective okinawský, demonym Okinawan, female demonym Okinawanka) Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Okinawa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “Okinawa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Ilocano == === Alternative forms === Okinawa Japan === Etymology === Borrowed from English Okinawa, due to its similarities with the swear word ukinana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔokinˈnawa/ [ʔo.kinˈna.wa] Hyphenation: O‧ki‧na‧wa === Interjection === Okináwa (minced oath, slightly vulgar, colloquial) alternative form of ukinana == Japanese == === Romanization === Okinawa Rōmaji transcription of おきなわ == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Oquinaua (rare) === Proper noun === Okinawa f Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /okiˈnawa/ [o.kiˈna.wa] Rhymes: -awa Syllabification: O‧ki‧na‧wa === Proper noun === Okinawa f Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)