やまと

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やまと – see the following entry.

【大和】 [proper noun] a town in the Shikinoshimo district in the Yamato Province of Japan, generally equivalent to modern Tenri area [proper noun] A city in Kanagawa Prefecture [proper noun] one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture [proper noun] the country of Japan [proper noun] 大和: a World War II battleship (Should we delete(+) this sense?) [proper noun] 大和: a male given name [proper noun] 大和: a surname Alternative spellings 倭, 和

(This term, やまと (yamato), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as やまと, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やまと.)