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haniwa

haniwa noun: a terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan.

Noun

haniwa (plural haniwas or haniwa)

  1. A terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan.

Forms of haniwa

pluralhaniwas
pluralhaniwa

Origin of haniwa

From Japanese 埴輪 (haniwa).

Questions about haniwa

What does haniwa mean?
Haniwa means a terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan.
What part of speech is haniwa?
Haniwa is a noun.
What is the plural of haniwa?
The plural of haniwa is haniwas.

Words near haniwa in the dictionary

  1. Haninis
  2. Hanisch
  3. Hanish Islands
  4. hanitiser
  5. hanitizer
  6. haniwa
  7. haniwas
  8. Haniya
  9. Hanize
  10. hanja
  11. Hanjabam

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