Mikado
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Mikado
- A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.
Noun edit
Mikado (plural Mikados)
- Alternative letter-case form of mikado (“emperor of Japan”)
- (rail transport) The steam locomotive 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
- From Mombasa the train is worked by a Mikado, built in 1927 by Robert Stephenson, Darlington, originally intended for shunting, but now used on most passenger trains between Mombasa and Nairobi, where the rails are 80 lb. to the yard, laid in 40 ft. lengths.
German edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Japanese. The game is named after the most valuable stick, which is called mikado (like the emperor of Japan).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Mikado m (strong, genitive Mikados, plural Mikados)
- mikado (a title of the emperors of Japan)
Declension edit
Declension of Mikado [masculine, strong]
Noun edit
Mikado n (strong, genitive Mikados, plural Mikados)
- (games) mikado, jackstraws, spillikins (stick game)
Declension edit
Declension of Mikado [neuter, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Mikado” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Mikado on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Mikado” in Duden online
- “Mikado” in Duden online