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daimyo

UK/ˈdaɪ.mjəʊ//ˈdaɪ.mjoʊ/

daimyo noun: a lord during the Japanese feudal period.

Noun

daimyo (plural daimyos or daimyoes or daimyo)

  1. (historical) A lord during the Japanese feudal period.

daimyo meaning in Marathi and Vietnamese

daimyo in Marathi

Japanese feudal lord
दाइम्यो dāimyo

daimyo in Vietnamese

Japanese feudal lord
đại danh, daimyō

Forms of daimyo

pluraldaimyos
pluraldaimyoes
pluraldaimyo
alternative formdaimyō
alternative form (dated)daimio

Origin of daimyo

Borrowed from Japanese 大(だい)名(みょう) (daimyō), from Middle Chinese 大名 (dajᴴ mjieng, “excellent one”), from 大 (“great”) + 名 (mjieng, “name”).

Words formed from daimyo

Questions about daimyo

What does daimyo mean?
Daimyo means a lord during the Japanese feudal period.
What is daimyo in Marathi?
Daimyo in Marathi is दाइम्यो (dāimyo). See Daimyo meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is daimyo?
Daimyo is a noun.
How do you pronounce daimyo?
Daimyo is pronounced /ˈdaɪ.mjəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of daimyo?
The plural of daimyo is daimyos.

Words near daimyo in the dictionary

  1. daimonologies
  2. daimonology
  3. daimons
  4. daimyate
  5. daimyates
  6. daimyo
  7. daimyoes
  8. daimyos
  9. daimyoship
  10. daimyoships
  11. daimyō

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