Meaning & History
Means "island in the far-away sea" in Japanese.
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Type Political Subdivision, Settlement & Island
Usage Japanese
Scripts 沖縄(Japanese Kanji) おきなわ(Japanese Hiragana)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 沖 (oki) meaning "open sea" and 縄 (nawa) meaning "rope, cord", possibly from an archaic word for a type of rope used to catch fish. This is the name of a prefecture and city in Japan, as well as the name of a group of islands (along with the main island within that group).