"Okayama" meaning in English

See Okayama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 岡山(おかやま) (Okayama). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ja|-}} Borrowed from Japanese, {{ja-r|岡山|^おかやま}} 岡山(おかやま) (Okayama) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-}} Okayama (uncountable)
  1. A prefecture of Japan. Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Okayama Prefecture, Places in Japan, Prefectures of Japan, Prefectures of Japan Translations (a city of Japan): أُوكَايَامَا (ʔokayāmā) [feminine] (Arabic), 岡山 /冈山 (Gāngshān) (Chinese), 冈山 (Gāngshān) (Chinese), Okajama (Czech), 岡山 (Okayama) (alt: おかやま) (Japanese), 오카야마 (Okayama) (Korean), ओकायामा (okāyāmā) [neuter] (Marathi), Окая́ма (Okajáma) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Okayama-en-name-ea60rbtK Disambiguation of Prefectures of Japan: 55 40 4 Disambiguation of 'a city of Japan': 59 40 1
  2. The capital city of Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Cities in Okayama Prefecture, Okayama, Places in Japan, Places in Okayama Prefecture
    Sense id: en-Okayama-en-name-uPXh34xJ Categories (other): Prefectural capitals of Japan, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 54 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 67 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 55 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 56 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 16 66 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 13 80 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 60 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 64 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 80 7 Related terms: Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaidō, Hyōgo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kōchi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Ōita, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi
  3. A surname from Japanese. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Okayama-en-name-rHUjO6wz Categories (other): English surnames, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 32 63
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "okāyāmā",
      "sense": "a city of Japan",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ओकायामा"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Okajáma",
      "sense": "a city of Japan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Окая́ма"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Okayama"
}

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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
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