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Vinony

Sakai

proper noun

  1. second largest and populated city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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Wiktionary

name

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

  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.

noun

Etymology: From Malay Sakai.

  1. A member of a certain people of Malaya.