Yamato

Meanings

Proper Noun

• Ancient Japan.
• Any of several towns in Japan; see Wikipedia.
• The imperial house which formerly ruled Japan from the province of Yamato; by extension, the dominant native ethnic group in Japan.
• A male given name from Japanese

Noun

• A member of the Yamato court which formerly ruled Japan; by extension, a member of the dominant native ethnic group of Japan.
• One of a class of battleship used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.

Origin

• From Japanese 大和, itself of uncertain derivation, but likely related to 山.