katana

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations
  - 1.2.2 Related terms
2 Chamicuro
- 2.1 Noun
3 French
- 3.1 Etymology
- 3.2 Noun
4 Japanese
- 4.1 Romanization

English[edit]

Wikipedia has an article on:

Katana

Katana

Etymology[edit]

From Japanese Katana (刀 or かたな)

Noun[edit]

katana (plural katana or katanas)

A type of Japanese longsword, 日本刀 (にほんとう, nihontō) having a single edge and slight curvature.

Translations[edit]

a type of Japanese longsword

Chinese:

Mandarin: 日本刀 (cmn) (Rìběndāo), 武士刀 (cmn) (wǔshìdāo), 卡塔納 (cmn), 卡塔纳 (cmn) (kǎtǎnà)
Finnish: katana (fi)
Japanese: かたな (ja) (katana), 刀 (ja) (かたな, katana), 日本刀 (ja) (にほんとう, nihontō)

Korean: 가타나 (ko) (gatana)
Marathi: काताना (mr) (kātānā) f
Polish: katana (pl) f
Russian: катана (ru) (katána) f
Serbo-Croatian: katana (sh) f
Swahili: katana (sw)

Related terms[edit]

Chamicuro[edit]

Noun[edit]

katana

blanket

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Katana

Etymology[edit]

From Japanese katana.

Noun[edit]

katana m (plural katanas)

Japanese sword

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

katana

See かたな

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