"Kikai" meaning in English

See Kikai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kikai
  1. An island in the Amami archipelago, Japan. Categories (place): Islands, Places in Japan Synonyms: Kikaijima
    Sense id: en-Kikai-en-name-HiTHU6oU
  2. A Ryukyuan language spoken on Kikai island. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Kikai-en-name-X0e78s2l Disambiguation of Languages: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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