Standard Lemma guide

Okinawan

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwən/
  • General-American: /ˌoʊkiˈnɑwən/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːwən

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from or relating to the island, city or Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A Ryukyuan language of Okinawa.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A native or inhabitant of the island, city or Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Okinawa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Okinawan From Okinawa + -an.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 沖繩的 /冲绳的 (Chōngshéng de) — of or related to Okinawa
  • Finnish: okinawalainen — of or related to Okinawa
  • Japanese: 沖縄の — of or related to Okinawa
  • Korean: 오키나와의 (Okinawa-ui) — of or related to Okinawa
  • Okinawan: 沖縄ぬ (Uchinā nu) — of or related to Okinawa
  • Russian: окина́вский (okinávskij) — of or related to Okinawa
  • Arabic: لُغَة أُوكِينَاوَا — Okinawan language
  • Asturian: okinawense — Okinawan language
  • Breton: okinaweg — Okinawan language
  • Catalan: okinawenc — Okinawan language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沖繩語 /冲绳语 (cung1 sing4 jyu5) — Okinawan language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沖繩話 /冲绳话 — Okinawan language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沖繩語 /冲绳语 (Chōngshéngyǔ) — Okinawan language
  • Corsican: okinawanu — Okinawan language
  • Dutch: Okinawaans — Okinawan language
  • Esperanto: okinava lingvo — Okinawan language
  • Finnish: okinawa — Okinawan language
  • Finnish: okinawan kieli — Okinawan language
  • French: okinawaïen — Okinawan language
  • West-Frisian: Okinawaansk — Okinawan language
  • Galician: okinawano — Okinawan language
  • Bavarian German: Okinawa Sproch — Okinawan language
  • Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Okinawa — Okinawan language
  • Hungarian: okinavai nyelv — Okinawan language
  • Indonesian: Bahasa Okinawa — Okinawan language
  • Interlingua: lingua okinawan — Okinawan language
  • Italian: okinawano — Okinawan language
  • Japanese: 沖縄語 (Okinawa-go) — Okinawan language
  • Japanese: 沖縄方言 (Okinawan hōgen) — Okinawan language
  • Korean: 오키나와어 (Okinawa-eo) — Okinawan language
  • Lithuanian: Okinavų kalba — Okinawan language
  • Malay: Bahasa Okinawa — Okinawan language
  • Miyako: 沖縄言 (Uksïnāfutsu) — Okinawan language
  • Occitan: oquinavan — Okinawan language
  • Okinawan: 沖縄口 (Uchināguchi) — Okinawan language
  • Piedmontese: lenga okinawan — Okinawan language
  • Polish: język okinawski — Okinawan language
  • Portuguese: oquinauano — Okinawan language
  • Russian: окина́вский язы́к (okinávskij jazýk) — Okinawan language
  • Serbo-Croatian: окѝнавски јѐзик — Okinawan language
  • Serbo-Croatian: okìnavski jèzik — Okinawan language
  • Spanish: okinawense — Okinawan language
  • Swedish: okinawianska — Okinawan language
  • Thai: ภาษาโอกินาวะ — Okinawan language
  • Tibetan: ཨོ་ཀི་ན་ལྦ་སྐད། (o ki na lba skad) — Okinawan language
  • Turkish: Okinawaca — Okinawan language
  • Ukrainian: окінавська мо́ва (okinavsʹka móva) — Okinawan language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Okinawa — Okinawan language
  • Yaeyama: 沖縄物言 (Ukïnāmuni) — Okinawan language
  • Yonaguni: 沖縄物言 (Unnanmunui) — Okinawan language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沖繩人 /冲绳人 (Chōngshéng rén) — a person from Okinawa
  • Finnish: okinawalainen — a person from Okinawa
  • Japanese: 沖縄人 (Okinawa-jin) — a person from Okinawa
  • Okinawan: 沖縄ん人 (Uchinā-n-chu) — a person from Okinawa
  • Russian: жи́тель Окина́вы (žítelʹ Okinávy) — a person from Okinawa
  • Russian: жи́тельница Окина́вы (žítelʹnica Okinávy) — a person from Okinawa