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大阪
大阪
See also: 大坂
Chinese
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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a slope; hillside | ||
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simp. and trad. (大阪) |
大 | 阪 | |
Proper noun
大阪
- Osaka, Japan
Japanese
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
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| 大 | 阪 |
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おお Grade: 1 |
さか Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
oposaka → oɸosaka → owosaka → oosaka → oːsaka. Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) + 阪 (saka, “hill”). The geographical area was historically known as 小坂 (Osaka, Ozaka, “little hill”) and was renamed to Ōsaka / Ōzaka "great hill". Originally spelled as 大坂 before being replaced with 大阪.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
大阪 (hiragana おおさか, romaji Ōsaka, historical hiragana おほさか)
- Ōsaka, a prefecture of Japan.
Derived terms
- 大阪府 (Ōsakafu)
Descendants
- Russian: О́сака f (Ósaka)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 大 | 阪 |
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おお Grade: 1 |
さか > ざか Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
opo saka → opozaka → oɸozaka → owozaka → oozaka → oːzaka. Medial /s/ voices to /z/ due to rendaku. Compound of 大 (ō, “great”) + 阪 (saka, “hill”). The geographical area was historically known as 小坂 (Osaka, Ozaka, “little hill”) and was renamed to Ōsaka / Ōzaka "great hill". Originally spelled as 大坂 before being replaced with 大阪.
Proper noun
大阪 (hiragana おおざか, romaji Ōzaka, historical hiragana おほざか)
- historical reading for present-day Ōsaka prefecture.