"沖縄" meaning in Japanese

See 沖縄 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [o̞kʲina̠β̞a̠] Forms: 沖縄 [canonical] (ruby: (おき), (なわ)), Okinawa [romanization], Okinafa [romanization], おきなは [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of Old Japanese elements 沖(おき) (oki, “offshore, at sea”) + 縄(なわ) (nawa, “rope”), in reference to the string of islands. Etymology templates: {{m+|ojp|-|w=1}} Old Japanese, {{ja-com|沖|おき|縄|なわ|t1=offshore, at sea|t2=rope}} 沖(おき) (oki, “offshore, at sea”) + 縄(なわ) (nawa, “rope”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|おきなわ|hhira=おきなは}} 沖(おき)縄(なわ) • (Okinawa) ^(←おきなは (Okinafa)?)
  1. the main island in the Okinawa Islands: Okinawa Island Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Prefectures of Japan
    Sense id: en-沖縄-ja-name-9-oGLitm Disambiguation of Cities in Japan: 23 23 25 29 Disambiguation of Prefectures of Japan: 20 23 31 26 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Islands, Japan Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 26 26 8 13 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 33 6 9 4 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Islands: 43 44 8 5 Disambiguation of Japan: 29 30 22 20
  2. a group of islands known as the Okinawa Islands Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Prefectures of Japan
    Sense id: en-沖縄-ja-name-a72itObw Disambiguation of Cities in Japan: 23 23 25 29 Disambiguation of Prefectures of Japan: 20 23 31 26 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Islands, Japan Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 26 26 8 13 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 33 6 9 4 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Islands: 43 44 8 5 Disambiguation of Japan: 29 30 22 20
  3. the southern-most Japanese prefecture: Okinawa Prefecture Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Prefectures of Japan
    Sense id: en-沖縄-ja-name-WG3Ytrp1 Disambiguation of Cities in Japan: 23 23 25 29 Disambiguation of Prefectures of Japan: 20 23 31 26 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese exonyms, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japan Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 70 5 Disambiguation of Japanese exonyms: 7 7 82 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 8 78 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 8 78 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 4 5 84 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 8 78 6 Disambiguation of Japan: 29 30 22 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: うちなー (Uchinā) (english: Okinawa) Synonyms (island chain): 琉球 (Ryūkyū) (ruby: (りゅう), (きゅう)) Derived forms: 沖縄県 (Okinawaken) (ruby: 沖縄県(おきなわけん)) (english: Okinawa prefecture), 沖縄戦 (Okinawa-sen) (ruby: 沖縄戦(おきなわせん)) (english: the Battle of Okinawa), 沖縄諸島 (Okinawa shotō) (ruby: 沖縄諸島(おきなわしょとう)) (english: the Okinawa archipelago), 沖縄島 (Okinawajima) (ruby: 沖縄島(おきなわじま)) (english: Okinawa Island), 沖縄語 (Okinawago) (ruby: 沖縄語(おきなわご)) (english: Okinawan language)
Disambiguation of 'island chain': 52 43 5

Noun

IPA: [o̞kʲina̠β̞a̠] Forms: 沖縄 [canonical] (ruby: (おき), (なわ)), okinawa [romanization], okinafa [romanization], おきなは [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of Old Japanese elements 沖(おき) (oki, “offshore, at sea”) + 縄(なわ) (nawa, “rope”), in reference to the string of islands. Etymology templates: {{m+|ojp|-|w=1}} Old Japanese, {{ja-com|沖|おき|縄|なわ|t1=offshore, at sea|t2=rope}} 沖(おき) (oki, “offshore, at sea”) + 縄(なわ) (nawa, “rope”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おきなわ|hhira=おきなは}} 沖(おき)縄(なわ) • (okinawa) ^(←おきなは (okinafa)?)
  1. (rare, possibly obsolete) a rope used to catch fish Tags: obsolete, possibly, rare Categories (place): Cities in Japan, Prefectures of Japan
    Sense id: en-沖縄-ja-noun-YTXyLib8 Disambiguation of Cities in Japan: 23 23 25 29 Disambiguation of Prefectures of Japan: 20 23 31 26 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Japan Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 26 26 8 13 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Japan: 29 30 22 20
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      "word": "沖縄県"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Battle of Okinawa",
      "roman": "Okinawa-sen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "沖縄戦",
          "おきなわせん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "沖縄戦"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Okinawa archipelago",
      "roman": "Okinawa shotō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "沖縄諸島",
          "おきなわしょとう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "沖縄諸島"
    },
    {
      "english": "Okinawa Island",
      "roman": "Okinawajima",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "沖縄島",
          "おきなわじま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "沖縄島"
    },
    {
      "english": "Okinawan language",
      "roman": "Okinawago",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "沖縄語",
          "おきなわご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "沖縄語"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ojp",
        "2": "-",
        "w": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "沖",
        "2": "おき",
        "3": "縄",
        "4": "なわ",
        "t1": "offshore, at sea",
        "t2": "rope"
      },
      "expansion": "沖(おき) (oki, “offshore, at sea”) + 縄(なわ) (nawa, “rope”)",
      "name": "ja-com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of Old Japanese elements 沖(おき) (oki, “offshore, at sea”) + 縄(なわ) (nawa, “rope”), in reference to the string of islands.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "沖縄",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "沖",
          "おき"
        ],
        [
          "縄",
          "なわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Okinawa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Okinafa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おきなは",
      "roman": "Okinafa",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper",
        "2": "おきなわ",
        "hhira": "おきなは"
      },
      "expansion": "沖(おき)縄(なわ) • (Okinawa) ^(←おきなは (Okinafa)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Japanese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "779, Tōdai Wajō Tōsei Den, page 905:",
          "text": "[...] 十六日發、廿一日戊午、第一第二兩舟同至阿児奈波嶋在多禰島南西第三舟作夜已泊同處十二月六日南風起第一舟著石不動第二舟發向多禰去七日至益救嶋[...]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              93,
              97
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "c. 1300, Heike Monogatari, Nagatobon:",
          "text": "さつまがたとは惣名也、きかいは十二の島なれば、くち五島は日本へ随へり、おく七しまはいまだ我朝に従はずといへり、白石、、あこしき、くろ島、いわうが島、あせ納、あ世波、やくの島とて、ゑらぶ、おきなは、きかいが島といへり",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the main island in the Okinawa Islands: Okinawa Island"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Okinawa Islands",
          "Okinawa"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a group of islands known as the Okinawa Islands"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Okinawa Islands",
          "Okinawa"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the southern-most Japanese prefecture: Okinawa Prefecture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Okinawa Prefecture",
          "Okinawa"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おきなわ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞kʲina̠β̞a̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Okinawa",
      "roman": "Uchinā",
      "word": "うちなー"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ryūkyū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "琉",
          "りゅう"
        ],
        [
          "球",
          "きゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "island chain",
      "word": "琉球"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Battle of Okinawa",
    "Okinawa",
    "Okinawa Island",
    "Okinawan language",
    "ja:沖縄"
  ],
  "word": "沖縄"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 沖縄 meaning in Japanese (5.8kB)

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