鹿児島

See also: 鹿兒島 and 鹿儿岛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿	児	島
か Grade: 4	こ > ご Grade: 4	しま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
鹿兒島 (kyūjitai) 麑島 (obsolete)

 鹿児島 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

鹿子 (kako, kago, “fawn”) +‎ 島 (shima, “island”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かごしま [kàgóshímá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡo̞ɕima̠]

Proper noun

鹿(か)児(ご)島(しま) • (Kagoshima) 

1. Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)
2. Kagoshima (a prefecture in southern Kyushu, Japan)
   • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “またいつか、勝(しょう)負(ぶ)の日(ひ)までの巻(まき) [One Day, We’ll Face off Again]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 77:

     よかか…オイのなは日(ひ)高(だか)剣(けん)介(すけ)…くやしかったら鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ッマ)セェけ(こい)‼いっでん(いつでも)勝(しょう)負(ぶ)してやっで‼

     Yoka ka… Oi no na wa Hidaka Kensuke… Kuyashikattara Kagomma sē ke‼ Idden shōbu shite yadde‼

     Awrite… Mah name’s Kensuke Hidaka… Come to Kagoshima when yer ready‼ Ah’ll be waitin’ to settle witcha again‼

   • 1984 November 15, Motoka Murakami, “鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)の猛(も)者(さ)たちの巻(まき) [The He-Men of Kagoshima]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 21:

     夏(なつ)木(き)よ、鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)ん剣(けん)道(どう)がどげんもんかみせっくるっで‼

     Natsuki yo, Kagonma n kendō ga dogen mon ka misekkurudde‼

     Natsuki, ah’ll show ya what Kagoshima-style kendo is like‼

(alternative reading hiragana かごひま, rōmaji Kagohima)
(alternative reading hiragana かごいま, rōmaji Kagoima)
(alternative reading hiragana かごっま, katakana カゴッマ, rōmaji Kagomma)
(alternative reading hiragana かごんま, katakana カゴンマ, rōmaji Kagonma)

References

1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
鹿	児	島
か Grade: 4	く > ぐ Grade: 4	しま Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
鹿兒島 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Japanese 鹿児島 (Kagoshima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɡuɕima/

Proper noun

鹿(か)児(ぐ)島(しま) (Kagushima) 

1. Kagoshima (a prefecture in southwestern Japan)
2. Kagoshima (the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)

References

• Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)