おきなわ
Meanings
Noun
1. Okinawa (city, prefecture)
Pitch accent
きなわ
Composed of
open sea; Okinawa
rope; cord; policeman's rope
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
Okinawa prefecture
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
Okinawan (language)
Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
Okinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)
Okinawa Socialist Masses Party
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
Okinawan studies
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat
Lindera communis (species of spicebush)
island time (on Okinawa); relaxed attitude to punctuality
Examples (19 in total)
It rains a lot in Okinawa.
Have you ever been to Okinawa?
How long does it take to reach Okinawa?