Kikai

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proper noun

An island of the Amami archipelago, Japan.

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Kikaijima
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An island of the Amami archipelago, Japan.

    Synonyms: Kikaijima

  2. A Ryukyuan language spoken on Kikai island.

    […], (iii) the Amami group (Kikai, Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Okierabu, Yoron), […]

    2012, Nicolas Tranter, The Languages of Japan and Korea, Routledge, page 3
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    Those over 50 use Kikai at home among themselves but can understand and use Japanese.

    2000, Barbara F. Grimes, Joseph Evans Grimes, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, volume 1, SIL International, page 539

    […], including the Ryûkyûan dialects (11 dialects: Southern, Amami-Oshima Northern, Kikai, Kunigami, Miyako, Okinawan Central, Oki-no-Erabu, Toku-no-Shima, Taeyama, Yonaguni, and Yoron) […]

    2003, Robert B. Kaplan, Richard B. Baldauf Jr., Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 18

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn island of the Amami archipelago, Japan.

Similar
Kikaijima

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 喜界
  • 喜界 (Xǐjiè)an island
Japanese 喜界
  • 喜界 (Kikai)an island
Cite this entry
APA

Kikai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kikai

MLA

“Kikai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kikai. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kikai,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kikai.

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