長門

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See also: 长门

Chinese

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long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
opening; door; gate
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
 
trad. (長門)
simp. (长门)
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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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長門

  1. Synonym of 長房长房 (zhǎngfáng, eldest branch of a family)

Etymology 2

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 長門 (Nagato).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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長門

  1. () Nagato (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
  2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 長門, Nagato

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なが
Grade: 2

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Daijisen says: from its old name 穴門 (Anato), +‎ +‎ ?”

Proper noun

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(なが)() (Nagato

  1. a placename, especially:
    1. Short for 長門国 (Nagato-no-kuni): Nagato Province (a former province of Japan, today part of northwestern Yamaguchi Prefecture)
      Synonym: 長州 (Chōshū)
    2. Short for 長門市 (Nagato-shi): Nagato (a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan)
    3. Short for 長門町 (Nagato-chō): Nagato (a district in central Nagano Prefecture)
  2. a class of dreadnought battleships in the Imperial Japanese Navy built after World War I ( Nagato-class battleship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ) (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
    Hyponym: 陸奥 (Mutsu)
  3. the lead ship of the pair, known for its participation in Operation Crossroads ( Japanese battleship Nagato on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ) (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
  4. a surname

Derived terms

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