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Akita

[ uh-kee-tuh ]

noun

  1. a seaport on northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
  2. Sometimes a·ki·ta. one of a Japanese breed of large, muscular dogs having a broad head with erect ears, a stiff coat of brown, red, black, or brindle color, and a long tail curled over its back: originally bred for hunting, now often used as a guard dog.


akita

/ əˈkiːtə /

noun

  1. a large powerfully-built dog of a Japanese breed with erect ears, a typically white coat, and a large full tail carried curled over its back
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Akita1

First recorded in 1925–30; from Japanese surname Akita “autumn ricefield”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Akita1

C20: named after a district in N Japan
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Example Sentences

Although Akita prefecture is mountainous there is a greater proportion of level land in it than in Yamagata.

Yamagata signifies "shape of a mountain" and Akita means "autumn rice field."

Not a few miserable dwellings were to be seen as we passed into Akita prefecture.

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