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Tojo

Tojo proper noun: a surname from Japanese.

Proper noun

Tojo (plural Tojos)

  1. A surname from Japanese.

Noun

Tojo (plural Tojos)

  1. (dated, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A Japanese person, especially a soldier during WW2.

Forms of Tojo

Proper noun
pluralTojos
Noun
pluralTojos

Origin of Tojo

Borrowed from Japanese 東條 (Tōjō).

After General Hideki Tojo, Japanese prime minister during World War II.

Questions about Tojo

What does Tojo mean?
Tojo means a surname from Japanese.
What part of speech is Tojo?
Tojo can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Tojo in the dictionary

  1. toit
  2. toitle
  3. toitoi
  4. toits
  5. toivel
  6. Tojo
  7. Tojolabal
  8. Tojos
  9. Tok
  10. Tok Pisin
  11. Tokachi

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