kawasaki
kawasaki Lexical Profile
• noun
A motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, or personal watercraft manufactured by the Japanese corporation Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
"He spent the entire weekend restoring his vintage Kawasaki in the garage."
A major industrial city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, located along the Tama River between Tokyo and Yokohama.
"The heavy machinery plant was relocated to the coastal industrial zone of Kawasaki."
A rare childhood illness of unknown cause characterized by inflammation of the blood vessels, formally known as Kawasaki disease.
"The pediatrician monitored the toddler closely for cardiac complications commonly associated with Kawasaki."
• Rhymes for kawasaki
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Japanese proper noun 川崎 (Kawasaki), literally meaning 'river cape'. The motorcycle brand stems from Kawasaki Shōzō, the founder of Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The medical condition, Kawasaki disease, is named after Tomisaku Kawasaki, the pediatrician who first described it in 1967.