英和和英

語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwə/, /ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌoʊkiˈnɑwə/
• 韻: -ɑːwə

固有名詞

Okinawa

1. A prefecture and island group of Japan.

   Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina

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

   Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina

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

     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.

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

   Synonym: (uncommon) Uchina

4. (historical, World War II) The Battle of Okinawa, which took place on the island of Okinawa in 1945.

派生語

• Battle of Okinawa
• Okinawan
• Okinawa diet

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