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Yamatos

Yamatos is the plural of Yamato.

Meaning of Yamato

Noun

Yamato (plural Yamatos or Yamato)

  1. A member of the Yamato court which formerly ruled Japan.
  2. A member of the ethnic group that comprises over 90% of the population of Japan, native to the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.
    • When the Guptas were ruling in India and the Tang were ruling in China and the Yamatos were ruling in Japan, no one was ruling in Australia! The people of Australia were nomads.2007, S. Wise Bauer, The Story of the World, History for the Classical Child, →ISBN, page 90
  3. One of a class of battleships used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

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Questions about Yamatos

What is Yamatos the plural of?
Yamatos is the plural of Yamato.

Words near Yamatos in the dictionary

  1. Yamato
  2. Yamato-e
  3. Yamatokōriyama
  4. Yamatologist
  5. Yamatologists
  6. Yamatos
  7. Yamatotakada
  8. Yamauchi
  9. Yamauchis
  10. Yamazaki
  11. Yamazakis

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