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Yamaha

Syllables: Ya·ma·ha

Yamaha proper noun: a surname from Japanese.

Proper noun (1)

Yamaha

  1. A surname from Japanese.

Proper noun (2)

Yamaha

  1. A Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate.

Noun

Yamaha (plural Yamahas)

  1. A product manufactured by Yamaha, particularly a motorcycle.
    • Actually, if you can find an enduro in which non-street-legal machinery can compete, and the event isn't going to be an extremely difficult one, you can ride it on the Yamaha.1975 January, Cycle World Magazine, page 71
    • By the time we were finished, we had learned that these new Yamahas are a lot of things—but that slow and boring definitely are not two of them.1986 January, “Yamaha: Back To The Future”, in Cycle World, volume 25, number 1, page 32, column 3

Forms of Yamaha

pluralYamahas

Origin of Yamaha

Borrowed from Japanese 山葉 (Yamaha).

From Japanese ヤマハ. Named after Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠 (Yamaha Torakusu)), the company's founder.

Questions about Yamaha

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

Words near Yamaha in the dictionary

  1. Yamagawa
  2. Yamagawas
  3. Yamagishi
  4. Yamaguchi
  5. Yamaguchis
  6. Yamaha
  7. Yamahas
  8. Yamahog
  9. Yamahogs
  10. yamaimo
  11. yamaka

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