鹿児島

By surface analysis, 鹿子 (kako, kago, “fawn”) +‎ 島 (shima, “island”). See English Wikipedia for more.

• (Tokyo) かごしま [kàgóshímá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡo̞ɕima̠]

鹿(か)児(ご)島(しま) • (Kagoshima) 

1. Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)
2. Kagoshima (a prefecture in southern Kyushu, Japan)

Various dialectal forms of 鹿(か)児(ご)島(しま) (kagoshima) above.

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡo̞çima̠]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡo̞ima̠]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡo̞ʔma̠]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡõ̞mːa̠]

鹿(か)児(ご)島(ひま) or 鹿(か)児(ご)島(いま) or 鹿(か)児(ご)島(っま) or 鹿児島(カゴッマ) or 鹿(か)児(ご)島(んま) or 鹿児島(カゴンマ) • (Kagohima or Kagoima or Kagomma or Kagonma) 

1. (Kagoshima) alternative form of 鹿児島 (Kagoshima)
   • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “またいつか、勝(しょう)負(ぶ)の日(ひ)までの巻(まき) [One Day, We’ll Face off Again]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:

     よかか…オイのなは日(ひ)高(だか)剣(けん)介(すけ)…くやしかったら鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ッマ)セェけ(こい)‼いっでん(いつでも)勝(しょう)負(ぶ)してやっで‼

     Yoka ka… Oi no na wa Hidaka Kensuke… Kuyashikattara Kagomma sē ke‼ Idden shōbu shite yadde‼

     Awrite… Mah name’s Kensuke Hidaka… Come to Kagoshima when yer ready‼ Ah’ll be waitin’ to settle witcha again‼

   • 1984 November 15, Motoka Murakami, “鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)の猛(も)者(さ)たちの巻(まき) [The He-Men of Kagoshima]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 21:

     夏(なつ)木(き)よ、鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)ん剣(けん)道(どう)がどげんもんかみせっくるっで‼

     Natsuki yo, Kagonma n kendō ga dogen mon ka misekkurudde‼

     Natsuki, ah’ll show ya what Kagoshima-style kendo is like‼

Borrowed from Japanese 鹿児島 (Kagoshima).

• IPA^(key): /kaɡuɕima/

鹿(か)児(ぐ)島(しま) (Kagushima) 

1. Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
2. Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)