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Sakai

Sakai noun: a member of a certain people of Malaya.

Noun

Sakai (plural Sakai)

  1. A member of a certain people of Malaya.

Proper noun (1)

Sakai

  1. The language spoken by this people.

Proper noun (2)

Sakai (plural Sakais)

  1. A large city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
  2. A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
  3. A former town in Sawa district, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the city of Isesaki.
  4. A town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
  5. A former village in Higashichikuma district, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the village of Chikuhoku.
  6. A surname from Japanese.

Forms of Sakai

Noun
pluralSakai
Proper noun
pluralSakais

Origin of Sakai

From Malay Sakai.

Borrowed from Japanese 堺 (Sakai), Japanese 酒井 (Sakai), Japanese 坂井 (Sakai) or Japanese 境 (Sakai).

Questions about Sakai

What does Sakai mean?
Sakai means a member of a certain people of Malaya.
What part of speech is Sakai?
Sakai can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Sakai?
The plural of Sakai is Sakai.

Words near Sakai in the dictionary

  1. Sakagawas
  2. Sakaguchi
  3. Sakaguchis
  4. Sakahara
  5. Sakaharas
  6. Sakai
  7. Sakais
  8. Sakakawea
  9. sakaki
  10. Sakalava
  11. Sakalavas

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