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name
Ancient Japan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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name
Any of several towns in Japan; see Wikipedia.
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name
The imperial house which formerly ruled Japan from the province of Yamato; by extension, the predominant ethnic group of Japan.
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name
A male given name from Japanese.
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name
A surname from Japanese.
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noun
A member of the Yamato court which formerly ruled Japan.
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noun
A member of the ethnic group that comprises over 90% of the population of Japan, native to the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.
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noun
One of a class of battleships used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
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History
From Japanese 大和 (Yamato), itself of uncertain derivation, but likely related to 山 (yama, “mountains”). See Proto-Japonic *yamatə.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
