单词 | Okinawan |
释义 | 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.
Origin1940s; 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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