Sakai

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a certain people of Malaya.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language spoken by this people.
  2. 2
    A large city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
  3. 3
    A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
  4. 4
    A former town in Sawa district, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the city of Isesaki.
  5. 5
    A town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
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  1. 6
    A former village in Higashichikuma district, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the village of Chikuhoku.
  2. 7
    A surname from Japanese.

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"In the same way as the aborigines of Australia throw their boomerang with inimitable dexterity and security, the Sakai manages his blowpipe with a cleverness it is impossible to imitate or learn."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Malay Sakai.

Etymology 2

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

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