Meanings
plural Osakas · alternative Ōsaka · alternative Ôsaka · alternative Oosaka · alternative Ousaka · alternative Ohsaka
- A placename
- countableuncountableThe capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
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.
2005 October 9, Ken Belson, “Going to Osaka”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021 - countableuncountableA prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
- countableuncountableA surname from Japanese.
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.
2020 June 9, Yoko Wakatsuki, Eric Cheung, Jack Guy, “Japanese broadcaster takes down controversial Black Lives Matter anime”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 May 2022
Origin
From Japanese 大(おお)阪(さか) (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”) — the slope up to the Uemachi Plateau, where Osaka Castle sits.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُوسَاكَا
- أُوسَاكَا (ʔūsakā)city in Honshū, Japan
Bengali ওসাকা
- ওসাকা (ōśaka)city in Honshū, Japan
Bulgarian О́сака
- О́сака (Ósaka)city in Honshū, Japan
Chinese Cantonese 大阪
- 大阪 (daai⁶ baan²)city in Honshū, Japan
Chinese Mandarin 大阪
- 大阪 (Dàbǎn)city in Honshū, Japan
Czech Ósaka
- Ósakacity in Honshū, Japan
Dutch Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Esperanto Osako
- Osakocity in Honshū, Japan
Estonian Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Finnish Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
French Osaka, Ōsaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
- Ōsakacity in Honshū, Japan
German Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Greek Οσάκα
- Οσάκα (Osáka)city in Honshū, Japan
Hebrew אוֹסָקָה
- אוֹסָקָה (Ósaka)city in Honshū, Japan
Hindi ओसाका
- ओसाका (osākā)city in Honshū, Japan
Hungarian Oszaka
- Oszakacity in Honshū, Japan
Indonesian Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Irish Ósaca
- Ósacacity in Honshū, Japan
Italian Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Japanese 大阪, 大阪市
- 大阪 (Ōsaka)city in Honshū, Japan
- 大阪市 (Ōsaka-shi)city in Honshū, Japan
Korean 오사카, 오사까
- 오사카city in Honshū, Japan
- 오사까 (Osakka)city in Honshū, Japan
Latin Ōsaca
- Ōsacacity in Honshū, Japan
Latvian Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Lithuanian Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Persian اوساکا
- اوساکا (osâkâ)city in Honshū, Japan
Polish Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Portuguese Osaka, Osaca
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
- Osacacity in Honshū, Japan
Romanian Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Russian О́сака
- О́сака (Ósaka)city in Honshū, Japan
Slovak Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Spanish Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Swedish Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Thai โอซากะ, โอซาก้า
- โอซากะ (oo-saa-gà)city in Honshū, Japan
- โอซาก้า (oo-saa-gâa)city in Honshū, Japan
Turkish Osaka
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Ukrainian О́сака
- О́сака (Ósaka)city in Honshū, Japan
Urdu اوساکا
- اوساکا (osākā)city in Honshū, Japan
Vietnamese Ōsaka, Osaka
- Ōsakacity in Honshū, Japan
- Osakacity in Honshū, Japan
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Osaka
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Cite this entry
Osaka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Osaka
“Osaka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Osaka. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Osaka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Osaka.
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