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Kikai

Kikai proper noun: an island of the Amami archipelago, Japan.

Proper noun

Kikai

  1. An island of the Amami archipelago, Japan.
    Synonyms:
    Kikaijima
  2. A Ryukyuan language spoken on Kikai island.
    • Those over 50 use Kikai at home among themselves but can understand and use Japanese.2000, Barbara F. Grimes, Joseph Evans Grimes, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, volume 1, SIL International, page 539
    • […], including the Ryûkyûan dialects (11 dialects: Southern, Amami-Oshima Northern, Kikai, Kunigami, Miyako, Okinawan Central, Oki-no-Erabu, Toku-no-Shima, Taeyama, Yonaguni, and Yoron) […]2003, Robert B. Kaplan, Richard B. Baldauf Jr., Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 18

Synonyms of Kikai

  • Kikaijima

Questions about Kikai

What does Kikai mean?
Kikai means an island of the Amami archipelago, Japan.
What part of speech is Kikai?
Kikai is a proper noun.

Words near Kikai in the dictionary

  1. kijichon
  2. kijillion
  3. kijillions
  4. Kijsamnong
  5. Kik
  6. Kikai
  7. Kikapoo
  8. Kikapoos
  9. kikar
  10. Kikatsik
  11. kikau

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