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hanko

hanko noun: a traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents.

Noun

hanko (plural hankos)

  1. A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents.
    • I used my hanko, and as I did I realized I needed a new one, with my new name.2025, Clara Kumagai, Songs for Ghosts, Toronto: Penguin Teen Canada, page 108

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Hanko

Hanko

  1. A port town and municipality of Uusimaa, on the southern coast of Finland.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hanko

Hanko (plural Hankos)

  1. A surname.

Forms of hanko

Noun
pluralhankos
Proper noun
pluralHankos

Origin of hanko

Borrowed from Japanese 版行(はんこ) (hanko).

Borrowed from Finnish Hanko.

Both from Polish Hanko and Czech Hanko.

Questions about hanko

What does hanko mean?
Hanko means a traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents.
What part of speech is hanko?
Hanko can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hanko?
The plural of hanko is hankos.

Words near hanko in the dictionary

  1. Hankin
  2. hankin booby
  3. hanking
  4. Hankins
  5. Hankinson
  6. hanko
  7. hankos
  8. Hankou
  9. Hankow
  10. hanks
  11. hanksite

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