Okinawa

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UK/ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwə/UK/ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwə/US/ˌoʊkiˈnɑwə/

proper noun

A prefecture and island group of Japan.

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Uchina
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A prefecture and island group of Japan.

    Synonyms: Uchina

  2. The main island of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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    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.

    2010, Walter Mondale, David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics, Scribner, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 323

    Synonyms: Uchina

  3. The second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

    Synonyms: Uchina

  4. historicalWorld War IIThe Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA prefecture and island group of Japan.

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Uchina

proper nounThe main island of the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Uchina

proper nounThe second-largest city on Okinawa Island, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Uchina

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 沖縄(おきなわ) (Okinawa).

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Translations

Arabic أُوكِينَاوَا, أُوكِينَاوَا
  • أُوكِينَاوَا (ʔūkīnāwā)city
  • أُوكِينَاوَا (ʔūkīnāwā)prefecture
Chinese Cantonese 沖繩市 /冲绳市, 沖繩 /冲绳
  • 沖繩市 /冲绳市 (cung¹ sing⁴ si⁵)city
  • 沖繩 /冲绳prefecture
  • 沖繩縣 /冲绳县 (cung¹ sing⁴ jyun⁶)prefecture
Chinese Mandarin 沖繩市 /冲绳市, 沖繩 /冲绳
  • 沖繩市 /冲绳市 (Chōngshéngshì)city
  • 沖繩 /冲绳 (Chōngshéng)prefecture
  • 沖繩縣 /冲绳县 (Chōngshéngxiàn)prefecture
Czech Okinawa, Okinawa
  • Okinawacity
  • Okinawaprefecture
Finnish Okinawa, Okinawa
  • Okinawacity
  • Okinawaprefecture
French Okinawa, Okinawa
  • Okinawacity
  • Okinawaprefecture
Hawaiian ʻOkinawa, ʻOkinawa
  • ʻOkinawacity
  • ʻOkinawaprefecture
Hebrew אוקינווה
  • אוקינווה (okináva)prefecture
Hindi ओकिनावा, ओकिनावा
  • ओकिनावा (okināvā)city
  • ओकिनावा (okināvā)prefecture
Japanese 沖縄市, 沖縄
  • 沖縄市 (Okinawa-shi)city
  • 沖縄prefecture
  • 沖縄県prefecture
Korean 오키나와, 오키나와
  • 오키나와city
  • 오키나와prefecture
  • 오키나와 현prefecture
Lithuanian Okinava, Okinavos prefektūra
  • Okinavaprefecture
  • Okinavos prefektūraprefecture
Polish Okinawa, Okinawa
  • Okinawacity
  • Okinawaprefecture
Portuguese Okinawa, Okinawa
  • Okinawacity
  • Okinawaprefecture
  • Oquinauaprefecture
Russian Окина́ва, Окина́ва
  • Окина́ва (Okináva)city
  • Окина́ва (Okináva)prefecture
  • Префекту́ра Окина́ва (Prefektúra Okináva)prefecture
Slovak Okinava, Okinava
  • Okinavacity
  • Okinavaprefecture
Spanish Okinawa
  • Okinawaprefecture
Vietnamese Okinawa, Thành phố Okinawa
  • Okinawacity
  • Thành phố Okinawacity
  • Okinawaprefecture
  • Tỉnh Okinawaprefecture
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Okinawa on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.