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tora tora

tora tora noun: a North American T-28 Trojan.

Noun

tora tora (plural tora toras)

  1. (Philippines, colloquial) A North American T-28 Trojan.

Forms of tora tora

pluraltora toras
alternative formtora-tora

Origin of tora tora

Named after the 1970 blockbuster movie Tora! Tora! Tora!, because of its popularity portraying the use of propeller driven fighter planes (mostly WW2 era models), The origin of the word "tora" is from the Japanese 虎 literally means "tiger", but actually, it was an abbreviation of two-syllable codeword 突撃雷撃 (totsugeki raigeki, “lightning attack”) used to indicate that the attack had commenced. And also, the film was notable for using North American T-28 Trojans to simulate IJN Mitsubishi A6M Zeroes.

Questions about tora tora

What does tora tora mean?
Tora tora means a North American T-28 Trojan.
What part of speech is tora tora?
Tora tora is a noun.
What is the plural of tora tora?
The plural of tora tora is tora toras.

Words near tora tora in the dictionary

  1. tor
  2. Tor Tiv
  3. Tor-bul
  4. tora
  5. tora hartebeest
  6. tora tora
  7. tora-tora
  8. torace
  9. toraced
  10. toracentesis
  11. toraces

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