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shota

shota noun: hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys.

Noun

shota (usually uncountable, plural shotas)

  1. (usually) Hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys.
  2. (countable, usually) A fictional young boy character, especially one featured in such material. Typically drawn with exaggerated or stylised cute features.

Proper noun capitalized: Shota

Shota

  1. A male given name of Georgian origin.
    • Shota Rustaveli (1172–1216) was a Georgian poet of the 12th century, and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature.

Forms of shota

pluralshotas

Origin of shota

From Japanese ショタ (shota) or a clipping of shotacon.

From Georgian შოთა (šota).

Words formed from shota

Questions about shota

What does shota mean?
Shota means hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys.
What part of speech is shota?
Shota can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of shota?
The plural of shota is shotas.

Words near shota in the dictionary

  1. shot-putting
  2. shot-spot
  3. shot-spots
  4. shot-stopper
  5. shot-stoppers
  6. shota
  7. shotabait
  8. shotacom
  9. shotacoms
  10. shotacon
  11. shotacons

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shota (page history and authors); Shota (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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