Okinawa

Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwə/, /ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊkiˈnɑwə/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːwə

Okinawa

2. A prefecture and island group of Japan.

   Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina

4. The main island of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

   Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina

   • 2010, Walter Mondale, David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics‎^[1], Scribner, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 323:

     Anyone who knew our military installation in Okinawa knew it was a room full of gasoline waiting for someone to strike a match. We had forty-two bases on the island with more than twenty thousand personnel. All of them were living and conducting exercises right up against Okinawan civilian neighborhoods.

6. The second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

   Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina

7. (historical, World War II) The Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945.

• Battle of Okinawa
• Okinawan
• Okinawa diet

Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa).

• IPA^(key): [ˈokɪnava]
• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: Oki‧na‧wa

Okinawa f (relational adjective okinawský, demonym Okinawan, female demonym Okinawanka)

1. Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)

• “Okinawa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Okinawa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• Okinawa Japan

Borrowed from English Okinawa, due to its similarities with the swear word ukinana.

• IPA^(key): /ʔokinˈnawa/ [ʔo.kinˈna.wa]
• Hyphenation: O‧ki‧na‧wa

Okináwa (minced oath, slightly vulgar, colloquial)

1. alternative form of ukinana

Okinawa

1. Rōmaji transcription of おきなわ

• Oquinaua (rare)

Okinawa f

1. Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)

• IPA^(key): /okiˈnawa/ [o.kiˈna.wa]
• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: O‧ki‧na‧wa

Okinawa f

1. Okinawa (an island, city, and prefecture of Japan)