Yamato

Not to be confused with Yamamoto or Daiwa.

Yamato (大和) was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara Prefecture of Japan. Later the term was used as the name of the province and also as an ancient name of Japan. The term was semantically extended to mean "Japan" or "Japanese" in general.

Japanese history

People

Yamato
Family name
Pronunciation Yamato
Region of origin Japanese
Footnotes: [1]

Geography

Japanese geography

United States geography

Antarctic geography

Meteorites

Ships

Yamato (ship) lists several ships of this name, including a significant WWII battleship.

Companies

Animals

Language

Entertainment

Anime and manga

See also

Yamato is usually written as "大和", but these two characters can also be read as "Daiwa" or "Taiwa."

Yamato may erroneously refer to the identically-written:

References

  1. 1990 Census Name Files

See also

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