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Tokugawa

Tokugawa proper noun: a surname from Japanese.

Proper noun

Tokugawa (plural Tokugawas)

  1. A surname from Japanese.
  2. Any of a family of shoguns that ruled Japan in the 17th to 19th centuries.

Forms of Tokugawa

pluralTokugawas

Origin of Tokugawa

Borrowed from Japanese 徳川 (Tokugawa).

Questions about Tokugawa

What does Tokugawa mean?
Tokugawa means a surname from Japanese.
What part of speech is Tokugawa?
Tokugawa is a proper noun.

Words near Tokugawa in the dictionary

  1. toku-dawara
  2. Tokuda's mole
  3. Tokuda's moles
  4. Tokudaiji
  5. Tokudaijis
  6. Tokugawa
  7. Tokugawas
  8. Tokuhisa
  9. Tokuhisas
  10. Tokunaga
  11. Tokunagas

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