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tosa
/ ˈtəʊsə /
noun
- a large dog, usually red in colour, which is a cross between a mastiff and a Great Dane: originally developed for dog-fighting; it is not recognized as a breed by kennel clubs outside Japan
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tosa1
C20: from the name of a province of the island of Shikoku, Japan
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Example Sentences
Next to Tosa, Saga came to share influence under the new government.
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Satcho kept their mutual harmony well together, and Tosa and Saga joined in the concert.
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Full in front of us stood the defiant tower of the Cima Tosa, with the two Boccas on either side of it.
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In front the towers of the Cima Tosa were framed between two bold buttresses, the ends of the bounding ridges of our valley.
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Passing round a rocky corner, we found ourselves for the first time facing the huge mass of the Cima Tosa.
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