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English
Noun
posthumous name (plural posthumous names)
- One of the honorary titles given to royalty, nobles, and sometimes others in East Asia (China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan) after the person's death.
Translations
posthumous title of a Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese emperor
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 謚號/谥号 (shìhào), 諡號/谥号 (zh) (shìhào), 謚/谥 (zh), 諡/谥 (zh)
- Finnish: kuolemanjälkeinen nimi, postuumi nimi
- French: nom posthume m
- Japanese: 諡号 (ja) (しごう, shigō), 諡 (ja) (おくりな, okurina)
- Korean: 시호(諡號) (ko) (siho)
- Russian: посмертный титул m (posmertnyj titul)
- Spanish: nombre póstumo m
- Vietnamese: thụy hiệu (vi), hiệu bụt, tên hèm (vi), tên cúng cơm (vi) (informal)
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