大島

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 島
おお
Grade: 1 		しま
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 大(おお) (ō, “great, big, grand, large”) + 島(しま) (shima, “island”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ːɕima̠]

Noun

大(おお)島(しま) • (ōshima) ←おほしま (ofosima)?

  1. large island
  2. short for 大島紬 (Ōshima-tsumugi)

Proper noun

大(おお)島(しま) • (Ōshima) ←おほしま (Ofosima)?

  1. a surname
  2. a place name, such as the town of Ōshima within the Ōshima Subprefecture of Tokyo.
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