adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɒkiːˈnɑːwən/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌəʊkiːˈnɑːwən/
General-American:/ˌoʊkiˈnɑwən/
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rhymes with -ɑːwən
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, from or relating to the island, city or Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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name
Meaning 2
A Ryukyuan language of Okinawa.
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noun
Meaning 3
A native or inhabitant of the island, city or Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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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