Sakai

Meanings

Noun

• A member of a certain people of Malaya.

Proper Noun

• The language spoken by this people.
• large city Osaka (prefecture) Japan (country).
• city Fukui (prefecture) Japan (country).
• former town Sawa (district) Gunma (prefecture) Japan (country), amalgamated in 2005 into the city of Isesaki.
• town Ibaraki (prefecture) Japan (country).
• former village Higashichikuma (district) Nagano (prefecture) Japan (country), amalgamated in 2005 into the village of Chikuhoku.

Origin

• From Malay Sakai.
• Borrowed from Japanese 堺, Japanese 酒井, Japanese 坂井 or Japanese 境.