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magatama

magatama noun: a curved bead from the Jōmon period in Japan, made from a variety of different gemstones.

Noun

magatama (plural magatamas or magatama)

  1. A curved bead from the Jōmon period in Japan, made from a variety of different gemstones.

Forms of magatama

pluralmagatamas
pluralmagatama

Origin of magatama

Borrowed from Japanese 勾玉 (magatama).

Questions about magatama

What does magatama mean?
Magatama means a curved bead from the Jōmon period in Japan, made from a variety of different gemstones.
What part of speech is magatama?
Magatama is a noun.
What is the plural of magatama?
The plural of magatama is magatamas.

Words near magatama in the dictionary

  1. magars
  2. magas
  3. MAGAsphere
  4. Magaswi
  5. magat
  6. magatama
  7. magatamas
  8. MAGAtard
  9. MAGAtards
  10. Magati Ke
  11. MAGAtino

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