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单词 Okinawan
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Okinawan

/ˌɒkɪˈnɑːwən/ /ˌəʊkɪˈnɑːwən/
adjective
Of or relating to the region or island of Okinawa, its people, or their dialect.
noun
1A native or inhabitant of Okinawa, a region of Japan in the southern Ryukyu Islands, especially of the largest of the islands, from which the region takes its name.
2The dialect of Ryukyuan spoken in Okinawa.
  • Some scholars regard Ryukyuan (and hence Okinawan) as a variety of Japanese..

Origin

1940s; earliest use found in Monumenta Nipponica. From the name of Okinawa (Japanese Okinawa: see note; Japanese regional (Okinawan) Uchinā), a Prefecture of Japan comprising most of the Ryukyu islands, and also the name of the largest of these islands, and of its second largest town + -an.

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