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Aum Shinrikyo

Aum Shinrikyo proper noun: a Japanese doomsday religious movement founded in 1987 known for perpetrating sarin attacks in 1994 and 1995.

Proper noun

Aum Shinrikyo

  1. A Japanese doomsday religious movement founded in 1987 known for perpetrating sarin attacks in 1994 and 1995.

Origin of Aum Shinrikyo

Borrowed from Japanese オウム真理教 (Ōmu Shinrikyō).

Questions about Aum Shinrikyo

What does Aum Shinrikyo mean?
Aum Shinrikyo means a Japanese doomsday religious movement founded in 1987 known for perpetrating sarin attacks in 1994 and 1995.
What part of speech is Aum Shinrikyo?
Aum Shinrikyo is a proper noun.

Words near Aum Shinrikyo in the dictionary

  1. Aultmans
  2. Aultmore
  3. Aults
  4. aulæ
  5. aum
  6. Aum Shinrikyo
  7. aumaga
  8. aumagas
  9. aumakua
  10. aumakuas
  11. Auman

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