やまと

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やまと – see the following entry.
大和
a town in the Shikinoshimo district in the Yamato Province of Japan, generally equivalent to modern Tenri area
A city in Kanagawa Prefecture
one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture
the country of Japan
大和: a World War II battleship (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
大和: a male given name
大和: a surname
Alternative spellings
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(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.)