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Osaka

Osaka

20 1.9
A large port city in southern Honshu, Japan, with many shops and factories
  • proper noun
  • /oʊˈsɑːkə/
translation icon : Osaka
  • The new Osaka building opens today with much fanfare.
  • Osaka, Japan
  • Osaka University
  • city of Osaka

And then Osaka and Kyoto on their own days.

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Examples

  • The second most populous city in Japan, Osaka experienced rapid industrialization and immigration in the 1950s.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Estimates on the number of literal homeless in Osaka consistently reach as high as 2,000.

    Academic text (1995)

  • I was born in Osaka and belong to no clan.

    The Yakuza (1974)

  • Trade made Osaka a rich and bustling commercial centre.

    The British Museum

  • The style of Osaka, as you know, differs remarkably from the style of Tokyo.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Connections between Tokyo and Osaka were to form the primary transport arteries.

    Academic text (2013)

  • With a population of over 3,000,000, Osaka is without a single gallery of significance other than the Gutai Pinacotheca.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Ryohei Yokoyama is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Osaka Prefecture University, Japan.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Osaka is known as a major commercial and industrial center in Osaka, Japan.

  • After living in Osaka for several years, I can say it is a vibrant city full of life.

Compounds

Osaka Bay
3.9

A bay near the cities of Osaka and Kobe on Japan's main island

Surface Forms

Osaka main

Etymology

Osaka comes from two Japanese parts, ō meaning 'big' and saka meaning 'hill' or 'slope'. So think 'big hill' to help remember the city's name.