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Okinawan names (Okinawan: 名 / なー, nā) today have only two components, the family names (surnames or last names) first and the given names last. Okinawan family names represent the distinct historical and cultural background of the islands which now comprise Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Expatriates originally from Okinawa also have these ...
Okinawa Island. Okinawa (沖縄) is a name with multiple referents. The endonym refers to Okinawa Island in southwestern Japan.Today it can cover some surrounding islands (i.e., Okinawa Islands) and, more importantly, can refer to Okinawa Prefecture, a much larger administrative division of Japan, although the people from the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands still feel a strong sense of otherness to ...
It may also be a file based on one of these maps (see info in file history or author field for more info on later editors). Source: English: Data used : Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism - National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area (N03) / Lake (W09))
Topographic map of Okinawa Island. Okinawa is the fifth largest island of Japan. The island has an area of 1,206.99 square kilometers (466.02 sq mi). The coastline is 476 kilometers (296 mi) long. [36] The straight-line distance is about 106.6 kilometers (66.2 mi) from north to south. [37] Okinawa is in the northeastern end of Okinawa Prefecture.
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This term was originally used to refer to Japanese regions consisting of several provinces (e.g. the Tōkaidō east-coast region, and Saikaido west-coast region). This was also a historical usage of the character in China. (In Korea, this historical usage is still used today and was kept during the period of Japanese rule.)