OSAKA Meaning of OSAKA in English n.Pronunciation: ō - ' sä-kä, ' ō -sä- ˌ kä Function: geographical namecity & port Japan in S Honshu on Osaka Bay (inlet of the Pacific) pop 2,598,744 Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012