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Kagoshima City (鹿児島市, Kagoshima-shi, IPA: [kaɡoɕimaɕi]), is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 583,966 in 285,992 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km 2. [1] The total area of the city is 547.61 km 2 (211.43 sq mi).
The Satsugū dialect (薩隅方言, Satsugū Hōgen), often referred to as the Kagoshima dialect (鹿児島弁, Kagoshima-ben, Kagomma-ben, Kago'ma-ben, Kagoima-ben), is a group of dialects or dialect continuum of the Japanese language spoken mainly within the area of the former Ōsumi and Satsuma provinces now incorporated into the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima.
Kagoshima Prefecture corresponds to the ancient Japanese provinces Ōsumi and Satsuma, including the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands (). [4] This region played a key role in the Meiji Restoration (Saigō Takamori), and the city of Kagoshima was an important naval base during Japan's 20th century wars and the home of admiral Tōgō Heihachirō.
In English, it can be roughly translated with the expressions "to the extent of", "as (much) as" or "so (...) that". This particle is cognate with the standard Japanese particle ほど hodo and is largely limited to the Higashimorokata district of Miyazaki. [14] In Kagoshima, the particle しこ shiko is used instead.
View of Sakurajima from mainland Kagoshima. The name "Kagoshima" came from Kagoshima Shrine situated in Hayato Town, Kirishima City.A number of theories exist as to the wider etymology of the name; in one, the name comes from a boat used by the mythical Hoori that was built in Kagoyama Mountain, with Hoori himself later enshrined on Kagoshima; in another, "kagoshima" comes from Sakurajima, a ...
Kagoshima may also refer to: Kagoshima Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan (Kagoshima City is the capital of this prefecture) Satsuma Domain, a historical region in Japan, also known as Kagoshima; Kagoshima Station, a station in Kagoshima City; Kagoshima Airport, an airport in Kagoshima Prefecture; 4703 Kagoshima, a minor planet, also called 1988 BL
Kagoshima (鹿児島郡, Kagoshima-gun) is a district located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2020, the district has a population of 1,145. [1] The total area is 132.71 km 2. The district has two villages and both of them were islands within Oshima District. The district once located on the mainland is now entirely merged into the city of ...
The verbal morphology of the Kagoshima dialects is heavily marked by numerous distinctive phonological processes, as well as both morphological and lexical differences.The following article deals primarily with the changes and differences affecting the verb conjugations of the central Kagoshima dialect, spoken throughout most of the mainland and especially around Kagoshima City, though notes ...