Osaka
/əʊˈsɑːkə/US/oʊˈsɑːkə/
Osaka proper noun: the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Proper noun
Osaka (countable and uncountable, plural Osakas)
- The capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
- And Osaka comes alive in the warm months of summer and fall as the locals take to their outdoor restaurants, flock to festivals and cheer on the hometown baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers.2005 October 9, Ken Belson, “Going to Osaka”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021
- A prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan.
- A surname from Japanese.
- Naomi Osaka, a Japanese professional tennis player, also responded to the NHK post with a popular gif of “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey expressing bewilderment.2020 June 9, Yoko Wakatsuki, Eric Cheung, Jack Guy, “Japanese broadcaster takes down controversial Black Lives Matter anime”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 May 2022
Osaka meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Osaka in Hindi
- city in Honshū, Japan
- ओसाका osākā
Osaka in Marathi
- city in Honshū, Japan
- ओसाका osākā
Osaka in Urdu
- city in Honshū, Japan
- اوساکا osākā
Osaka in Bengali
- city in Honshū, Japan
- ওসাকা ōśaka
More languagesFewer languages
- Osaka in Nepali
- ओसाका osākā
- Osaka in Arabic
- أُوسَاكَا ʔūsakā
- Osaka in Indonesian
- Osaka
- Osaka in Persian
- اوساکا osâkâ
- Osaka in Thai
- โอซากะ oo-saa-gà, โอซาก้า oo-saa-gâa
- Osaka in Vietnamese
- Ōsaka, Osaka
- Osaka in Myanmar
- အိုဆာကာ uihcaka
Forms of Osaka
| plural | Osakas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Ōsaka |
| alternative form | Ôsaka |
| alternative form | Oosaka |
| alternative form | Ousaka |
| alternative form | Ohsaka |
Origin of Osaka
From Japanese 大(おお)阪(さか) (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”) — the slope up to the Uemachi Plateau, where Osaka Castle sits.
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Questions about Osaka
- What does Osaka mean?
- Osaka means the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
- What is Osaka in Hindi?
- Osaka in Hindi is ओसाका (osākā). See Osaka meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Osaka?
- Osaka is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Osaka?
- Osaka is pronounced /əʊˈsɑːkə/ (UK).
Words near Osaka in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Osaka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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