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*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 小禄 ''(Oroku / Uruku)''
*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 小禄 ''(Oroku / Uruku)''
Oroku is neighborhood of [[Naha]] (the capital of [[Okinawa prefecture]]), but was previously a village/district (''[[magiri]]'') unto itself. It covers a large area in what is today western Naha, from the seashore and Naha Airport and the neighborhoods of Ômine and Kaganji in the west, to Gushi, Uebaru, and Kinjô to the east, where Oroku is separated from the rest of Naha by the Tsubogawa (Tsubo River).
Oroku is a neighborhood of [[Naha]] (the capital of [[Okinawa prefecture]]), but was previously a village/district (''[[magiri]]'') unto itself. It covers a large area in what is today western Naha, from the seashore and Naha Airport and the neighborhoods of Ômine and Kaganji in the west, to Gushi, Uebaru, and Kinjô to the east, where Oroku is separated from the rest of Naha by the Tsubogawa (Tsubo River).
The name appears in some earlier records, with one [[1438]] document mentioning a person by the name of Uruku Ucchi (烏魯古結制); the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]'' also mentions the placename Oroku-yokotake, though it's unclear to where, precisely, this refers.
The name appears in some earlier records, with one [[1438]] document mentioning a person by the name of Uruku Ucchi (烏魯古結制); the ''[[Omoro soshi|Omoro sôshi]]'' also mentions the placename Oroku-yokotake, though it's unclear to where, precisely, this refers.