Okinawa

okinawa English + Islands + Island + Prefecture + City Etymology en ja - 沖縄 ^おきなわ. Pronunciation en /ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwə/ /ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwə/ RP en /ˌoʊkiˈnɑwə/ GA en En-us-Okinawa.oga GA en ɑːwə 4 Proper noun en Q766445en prefecture/and/island group c/Japan. en 4 October 2026 Sakshi Venkatraman US Marine arrested over murder of woman in Okinawa, Japan BBC News Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the woman's body was discovered early Saturday morning in a hotel in Naha City, the capital of the Okinawa prefecture. 4 October 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261004183129/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cme3xw4yy28do en Uchina uncommon en Q600614en The main <<island>> of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in <<pref/Okinawa>>, <<c/Japan>>. en Uchina uncommon en 2010 w:Walter Mondale; David Hage The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics https://archive.org/details/goodfightlifeinl00mond/ Charles Scribner's Sons Scribner 978-1-4391-5866-1 555638158 26279042M 323 https://archive.org/details/goodfightlifeinl00mond/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. en Q328615en The second-largest <<city>> on Okinawa Island, in <<pref/Okinawa>>, <<c/Japan>>. en Uchina uncommon en historical World War II The Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945. Derived terms en Battle of Okinawa en Okinawan en Okinawa diet en Okinawa spinach Translations prefecture Ainu: ain Amami Ōshima: Southern Amami Ōshima: ams Arabic: ar أُوكِينَاوَا f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 沖繩 cung1 sing4, yue 沖繩縣 cung1 sing4 jyun6 Mandarin: cmn 沖繩 Chōngshéng, cmn 沖繩縣 Chōngshéngxiàn Cia-Cia: cia Czech: cs Okinawa f Dzongkha: dz Finnish: fi Okinawa French: fr Okinawa f Hawaiian: haw ʻOkinawa Hebrew: he אוקינווה m okináva Hindi: hi ओकिनावा f Japanese: ja 沖縄 おきなわ, Okinawa, ja 沖縄県 おきなわけん, Okinawa-ken Korean: ko ^오키나와, ko ^오키나와 현 Kunigami: xug 沖縄 ふちなー, Fuchinā Lithuanian: lt Okinava f, lt Okinavos prefektūra Māori: mi Marathi: mr ओकिनावा Miyako: mvi 沖縄 うきぃなー, Uksïnā Okinawan: ryu 沖縄 うちなー, Uchinā, ryu 沖縄県 うちなーちん, Uchinā-chin Polish: pl Okinawa f Portuguese: pt Okinawa f, pt Oquinaua f rare Russian: ru Окина́ва f, ru Префекту́ра Окина́ва f Samogitian: sgs Okinava f Slovak: sk Okinava f Spanish: es Okinawa Tibetan: bo ཨོ་ཀི་ན་ལྦ། Vietnamese: vi Okinawa, vi Tỉnh Okinawa Yaeyama: rys 沖縄 うきぃなー, Ukïnā Yonaguni: yoi 沖縄 うんな, Unna city Ainu: ain Arabic: ar أُوكِينَاوَا f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 沖繩市 cung1 sing4 si5 Mandarin: cmn 沖繩市 Chōngshéngshì Czech: cs Okinawa f Finnish: fi Okinawa French: fr Okinawa f Hawaiian: haw ʻOkinawa Hindi: hi ओकिनावा f Japanese: ja 沖縄 おきなわ, Okinawa, ja 沖縄市 おきなわし, Okinawa-shi Korean: ko ^오키나와 Marathi: mr ओकिनावा Okinawan: ryu Polish: pl Okinawa f Portuguese: pt Okinawa f Russian: ru Окина́ва f Slovak: sk Okinava f Spanish: es Okinawa f, es Ciudad de Okinawa f Vietnamese: vi Okinawa, vi Thành phố Okinawa See also en Islands Prefectures of Japan World War II Czech cs: Etymology cs ja - 沖縄 ^おきなわ. Pronunciation cs ava 4 cs Oki na wa Proper noun f okinawský Okinawan Okinawanka cs island/city/and/prefecture c/Japan Okinawa Declension f.sg Further reading Ilocano Alternative forms ilo Okinawa Japan Etymology ilo en Okinawa, due to its similarities with the swear word ilo ukinana. Pronunciation Okinnáwa ilo O ki na wa Interjection interjection Okináwa ilo minced oath slightly vulgar colloquial ilo ukinana Japanese Romanization おきなわ Portuguese Alternative forms pt Oquinaua rare Proper noun f pt island/city/and/prefecture c/Japan Okinawa Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun f es island/city/and/prefecture c/Japan Okinawa