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Osaka
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Ósaka Ōsaka Osaką
English
Alternative forms
en Ōsaka Ôsaka Oosaka Ousaka Ohsaka
Etymology
From en ja - 大%阪 ^おお%さか large hill — the slope up to the Uemachi Plateau, where Osaka Castle sits.
Pronunciation
en /əʊˈsɑːkə/ /əʊˈsækə/ UK
en /oʊˈsɑːkə/ /oʊˈsækə/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Osaka.wav Southern England
en ɑːkə ækə 3
Proper noun
~
A placename
en Ōsaka Ôsaka
en Q35765en capital city pref/Osaka c/Japan.
en Ken Belson http://travel.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/travel/09going.html Going to Osaka w:The New York Times 2005-10-09 And Osaka comes alive in the warm months of summer and fall as the locals take to their outdoor restaurants, flock to festivals and cheer on the hometown baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers. https://web.archive.org/web/20210323204252/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/travel/osaka.html
en Q122723 en prefecture on the isl:pref/Honshū c/Japan.
en Japanese.
en Oosaka Ohsaka Ousaka
en Yoko Wakatsuki; Eric Cheung; Jack Guy Japanese broadcaster takes down controversial Black Lives Matter anime w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/asia/japan-anime-black-lives-matter-scli-intl 2020-06-09 Naomi Osaka, a Japanese professional tennis player, also responded to the NHK post with a popular gif of “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey expressing bewilderment. https://web.archive.org/web/20220511133447/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/asia/japan-anime-black-lives-matter-scli-intl/
Derived terms
en Osakan
Translations
city in Honshū, Japan
Amharic: am ኦሳካ
Arabic: ar أُوسَاكَا f ʔūsakā
Armenian: hy Օսակա
Bengali: bn ওসাকা
Bulgarian: bg О́сака
Burmese: my အိုဆာကာ
Cherokee: chr ᎣᏌᎧ osaka
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 大阪 daai6 baan2
Hokkien: nan-hbl 大阪 Tāi-pán
Mandarin: cmn 大阪
Czech: cs Ósaka f
Dutch: nl Osaka n
Esperanto: eo Osako
Estonian: et Osaka
Finnish: fi Osaka
French: fr Osaka f, fr Ōsaka f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Osaka n
Georgian: ka ოსაკა
German: de Osaka n
Greek: el Οσάκα f
Hebrew: he אוֹסָקָה f Ósaka
Hindi: hi ओसाका m
Hungarian: hu Oszaka
Indonesian: id Osaka
Irish: ga Ósaca f
Italian: it Osaka f
Japanese: ja 大阪 おおさか, Ōsaka, ja 大阪市 おおさかし, Ōsaka-shi
Khmer: km អូសាកា
Korean: ko ^오사카, North Korea ko ^오사까
Latin: la Ōsaca f
Latvian: lv Osaka
Lithuanian: lt Osaka
Macedonian: mk Оса́ка f
Marathi: mr ओसाका n
Nepali: ne ओसाका
Occitan: oc Osaka
Persian: fa اوساکا osâkâ
Polish: pl Osaka f
Portuguese: pt Osaka f, rare pt Osaca f
Romanian: ro Osaka
Russian: ru О́сака f
Scots: sco Osaka
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Оса̀ка f
Latin: sh Osàka f
Slovak: sk Osaka
Slovene: sl Osaka
Spanish: es Osaka f
Swedish: sv Osaka c
Tagalog: tl
Thai: th โอซากะ, th โอซาก้า oo-saa-gâa
Turkish: tr Osaka
Ukrainian: uk О́сака f
Urdu: ur اوساکا osākā
Vietnamese: vi Ōsaka, vi Osaka
Xibe: sjo ᡩᠠ ᠪᠠᠨ da ban
See also
Anagrams
en aakos Asako Asoka asoak
French
fr:
Alternative forms
fr Ōsaka Ôsaka
Etymology
fr ja - 大%阪 ^おお%さか large hill.
Pronunciation
+ [O:Ô,s:s_] France
[O:Ô,s:s_,ka:kâ] 1 Quebec
Proper noun
f
fr Osaka Q35765,Q122723
Italian
it:
Alternative forms
it Ōsaka
Etymology
it ja - 大%阪 ^おお%さか large hill.
Pronunciation
Osàka,O[s]àka<qual:high-style, less-preferred><r:DiPI>
Proper noun
f
it Osaka Q35765,Q122723
References
Japanese
Romanization
おさか
Polish
pl:
thumb|Osaka
Etymology
pl :bor ja:大阪 + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Osaka.ogg
Proper noun
f osakijski
pl caplc pref/Osaka c/Japan Osaka
pl pref c/Japan Osaka
Declension
<f.sg>
Derived terms
pl nouns osakijczyk osakijka
Further reading
pl exonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
pt ja - 大%阪 ^おお%さか large hill.
Proper noun
pt Osaca
Spanish
Etymology
es ja - 大%阪 ^おお%さか large hill.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es Osaka Q35765,Q122723
Tagalog
Etymology
tl ja - 大%阪 ^おお%さか large hill.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl Osaka Q35765,Q122723