yamato
yamato Lexical Profile
• noun
A renowned World War II Japanese battleship, which was the lead ship of her class and one of the largest, most heavily armed battleships ever constructed.
"The sinking of the Yamato in 1945 marked a symbolic and devastating end to the era of the great battleships."
The ancient or poetic name for Japan, specifically originating from the historic province in present-day Nara Prefecture where the early Japanese state emerged.
"During the Yamato period, significant political and cultural foundations of the Japanese state were established."
The dominant native ethnic group of Japan, as well as the historical imperial dynasty that established unified rule over the archipelago.
"The Yamato people constitute the primary and overwhelming majority ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 大和 (Yamato), originally referring to the region in present-day Nara Prefecture where the first unified imperial court was established, and later used poetically to denote the entire nation or its people.
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