Yamato

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Type Country
Usage Japanese
Scripts 大和(Japanese Kanji) やまと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. /jä.mä.to̞/

Meaning & History

Possibly related to Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain". This was the old name for the area around the city of Nara, though it was later applied to the entire country of Japan. Chinese scribes originally wrote this name using the character 倭 meaning "short". However, this was revised to the more favourable 和 meaning "harmony" in the 8th century. The prefixed character 大 means "great".