Osaka

Osaka

See also: Ōsaka

English

Alternative forms

• Ōsaka

Etymology

From Japanese 大阪 (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈsɑːkə/, /əʊˈsæ.kə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈsɑ.kə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːkə, -ækə

Proper noun

Osaka

1. The capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
2. A prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan.

Derived terms

• Osakan

Translations

city in Honshū, Japan

Arabic: أُوسَاكَا‎ f (ʾūsakā) Armenian: Օսակա (Ōsaka) Chinese: Cantonese: 大阪 (daai6 baan2) Mandarin: 大阪 (zh), 大坂 (zh) (Dàbǎn) Min Nan: 大阪 (Tāi-pán) Czech: Ósaka f Dutch: Osaka n Esperanto: Osako Estonian: Osaka (et) Finnish: Osaka (fi) French: Osaka (fr) f Georgian: ოსაკა (osaḳa) German: Osaka (de) n Greek: Οσάκα (el) f (Osáka) Hebrew: אוֹסָקָה‎ f (Ósaka) Hindi: ओसाका ? (osākā) Hungarian: Oszaka (hu) Indonesian: Osaka Irish: Ósaca f Italian: Osaka (it) f, Ōsaka f Japanese: 大阪 (ja) (おおさか, Ōsaka), 大阪市 (ja) (おおさかし, Ōsaka-shi) Khmer: អូសាកា (ʼousaakaa) Korean: 오사카 (ko) (Osaka), (North Korea) 오사까 (ko) (Osakka) Latin: Ōsaca (la) f Macedonian: Оса́ка f (Osáka) Marathi: ओसाका n (osākā) Nepali: ओसाका (osākā) Polish: Osaka (pl) f Portuguese: Osaka (pt) f, (rare) Osaca (pt) f Russian: О́сака (ru) f (Ósaka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Оса̀ка f Roman: Osàka (sh) f Spanish: Osaka (es) f Swedish: Osaka c Tagalog: please add this translation if you can Thai: โอซะกะ (th) (oo-sá-gà), โอซาก้า (th) (oo-saa-gâa) Turkish: Osaka Ukrainian: О́сака (uk) f (Ósaka) Vietnamese: Ōsaka

Anagrams

• Asako, Asoka, asoak

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Italian

Alternative forms

• Ōsaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大阪 (おおさか, Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈza.ka/, (high-style, less-preferred) /oˈsa.ka/[1]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: O‧sà‧ka

Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)

References

1. Osaka in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Japanese

Romanization

Osaka

1. Rōmaji transcription of おさか

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大阪 (おおさか, Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˈsa.ka/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: O‧sa‧ka

Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)

Declension

Declension of Osaka

	singular
nominative	Osaka
genitive	Osaki
dative	Osace
accusative	Osakę
instrumental	Osaką
locative	Osace
vocative	Osako

Further reading

• Osaka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Osaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Osaca
• Ozaka, Ozaca (obsolete)

Etymology

From Japanese 大阪 (おおさか, Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈza.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈza.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈza.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈza.kɐ/

Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈsaka/ [oˈsa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: O‧sa‧ka

Proper noun

Osaka f

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Japanese 大阪 (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: O‧sa‧ka
• IPA^(key): /ʔoˈsaka/, [ʔoˈsa.xɐ]

Proper noun

Osaka

1. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)