Sakai

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noun

A member of a certain people of Malaya.

OriginMalay Sakai →
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Meanings

Sakai1

nounSakai (plural Sakai)
  1. A member of a certain people of Malaya.
proper noun
  1. The language spoken by this people.

Sakai2

proper nounSakai (plural Sakais)

plural Sakais

  1. A large city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
  2. A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
  3. A former town in Sawa district, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the city of Isesaki.
  4. A town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
  5. A former village in Higashichikuma district, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the village of Chikuhoku.
  6. A surname from Japanese.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
jakun

Origin

Sakai · noun, proper noun

  1. MalaySakai
  2. EnglishSakai

From Malay Sakai.

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Sakai · proper noun

  1. Japanese境
  2. Japanese坂井
  3. Japanese酒井
  4. Japanese堺
  5. EnglishSakai

Borrowed from Japanese 堺 (Sakai), Japanese 酒井 (Sakai), Japanese 坂井 (Sakai) or Japanese 境 (Sakai).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

KasaikaisaAsakisakia
Cite this entry
APA

Sakai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sakai

MLA

“Sakai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sakai. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sakai,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sakai.

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