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Kaguya

Kaguya proper noun: the protagonist of 赫映姫の物語 (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, “The Tale of Princess Kaguya”), a mysterious girl from the moon, discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.

Proper noun

Kaguya

  1. (Japanese) The protagonist of 赫映姫の物語 (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, “The Tale of Princess Kaguya”), a mysterious girl from the moon, discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
    Synonyms:
    Kaguya-hime
  2. (informal) Synonym of SELENE (“Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft”).
    Synonyms:
    SELENE

Synonyms of Kaguya

Origin of Kaguya

Borrowed from Japanese 赫映, かぐや (Kaguya).

Questions about Kaguya

What does Kaguya mean?
Kaguya means the protagonist of 赫映姫の物語 (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, “The Tale of Princess Kaguya”), a mysterious girl from the moon, discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
What part of speech is Kaguya?
Kaguya is a proper noun.

Words near Kaguya in the dictionary

  1. kagura
  2. kagurabue
  3. Kagurazaka
  4. kagus
  5. Kagutsuchi
  6. Kaguya
  7. kagwang
  8. kagwangs
  9. Kagyu
  10. Kagyü
  11. KAH

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