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Isonade

Syllables: Iso·na·de/ˌiːsəʊˈnɑːdeɪ/US/ˌisoʊˈnɑdeɪ/

Isonade proper noun: a mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark, said to live off the coast of western Japan.

isonade: a mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark, said to live off the coast of western Japan
Image: Takehara Shunsen ( 竹原春泉, Japanese, *?, †?), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Proper noun

Isonade

  1. (Japanese) A mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark, said to live off the coast of western Japan.
    • With more than 70% of the Earth's surface submerged beneath water, it comes as no surprise that throughout history mankind has been fascinated with the seas and oceans. In earlier years this fascination manifested itself in the form of fear and mystery; […] in Japanese stories, fierce winds would...2009 June, Marios Christou, “Introduction”, in Fully Nonlinear Computations of Waves and Wave-structure Interaction (unpublished Ph.D. thesis), London: Department of Civil and Environmental...
    • Another Japanese giant fish is Isonade, a sharklike sea monster that causes strong winds and also capsizes boats or catches unwary fishermen with the hooks on its huge tail.2011, Gene Helfman, Bruce Collette, “Fishes in Stories and Literature”, in Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 131

Isonade meaning in Arabic and Persian

Isonade in Arabic

mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark said to live off the coast of western Japan
إيسونادي

Isonade in Persian

mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark said to live off the coast of western Japan
ایسناده

Examples of Isonade in a sentence

  • In earlier years this fascination manifested itself in the form of fear and mystery; […] in Japanese stories, fierce winds would blow whenever Isonade, a shark-like sea monster, appeared.2009 June, Marios Christou, “Introduction”, in Fully Nonlinear Computations of Waves and Wave-structure Interaction (unpublished Ph.D....
  • Nipponese sailors traveling along the western coast of Japan are warned to keep a weather eye open for the Isonade, akin in form to a huge shark with hook-like barbs on its tail.2014 summer, Jonathan Maniscalco, “Seven Entries from The New Book of Imaginary Beings”, in Jonathan Maniscalco, Frances Gossen, editors...

Origin of Isonade

Transliteration of Japanese 磯撫で (いそなで, Isonade, literally “shore stroker”).

Questions about Isonade

What does Isonade mean?
Isonade means a mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark, said to live off the coast of western Japan.
What is Isonade in Arabic?
Isonade in Arabic is إيسونادي. See Isonade meaning in Arabic.
How do you use Isonade in a sentence?
In earlier years this fascination manifested itself in the form of fear and mystery; […] in Japanese stories, fierce winds would blow whenever Isonade, a shark-like sea monster, appeared.
What part of speech is Isonade?
Isonade is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Isonade?
Isonade is pronounced /ˌiːsəʊˈnɑːdeɪ/ (UK).

Words near Isonade in the dictionary

  1. isomyopic
  2. isomyosin
  3. isomyosins
  4. isomyristicin
  5. ison
  6. Isonade
  7. isonandra
  8. isonandras
  9. isoneotype
  10. isoneotypes
  11. isoneph

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