Akita

See also: akita

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 秋(あき)田(た) (Akita).

Proper noun

Akita

1. The capital city of Akita Prefecture, Japan.
2. A prefecture of Japan.
3. A surname from Japanese.

Translations

city in Japan

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 秋田 (cau¹ tin⁴)

  Mandarin: 秋田 (zh) (Qiūtián)

• Japanese: 秋田 (ja) (あきた, Akita)
• Marathi: आकिता (ākitā)
• Portuguese: Akita (pt) f
• Russian: А́кита (ru) f (Ákita)
• Thai: อากิตะ (aa-gì-dtà)

prefecture in Japan

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 秋田 (cau¹ tin⁴)

  Mandarin: 秋田 (zh) (Qiūtián)

• Japanese: 秋田 (ja) (あきた, Akita)
• Portuguese: Akita (pt) f
• Russian: А́кита (ru) f (Ákita)
• Thai: อากิตะ (aa-gì-dtà)

Japanese surname

• Japanese: 秋田 (ja) (あきた, Akita)
• Russian: А́кита (ru) m or f (Ákita)

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أَكِيتَا f (ʔakītā)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 아키타 (Akita)
• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} आकिता (ākitā)

Noun

Akita (plural Akitas)

1. A large dog of a Japanese breed from the mountainous northern regions of Japan.
   • 1983, Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, page 11:

     […] Hokkaidos or Ainus (smaller versions of the Akita); Akitas, Japanese Spitz, Japanese Chin, Nippon Terriers and Kai Ken.

Translations

Japanese dog breed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 秋田犬 (zh) (qiūtiánquǎn)

• Finnish: akita (fi)
• German: Akita (de) m
• Japanese: 秋田犬 (ja) (あきたいぬ, Akita-inu)
• Portuguese: akita (pt) m or f
• Russian: А́кита (ru) f (Ákita), А́кита-ину f (Ákita-inu)

See also

• (prefectures of Japan) Japan; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaidō, Hyōgo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kōchi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Ōita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi

Anagrams

• Katia, kiaat, takia

Japanese

Romanization

Akita

1. Rōmaji transcription of あきた

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 秋田.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈki.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈki.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈki.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈki.tɐ/

Proper noun

Akita f

1. Akita (a city and prefecture of Japan)

Related terms

• akita