Mikado

See also: mikado and mikádó

English

Etymology

From Japanese 御門 (mikado).

Proper noun

Mikado

1. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.

Noun

Mikado (plural Mikados)

1. Alternative letter-case form of mikado (“emperor of Japan”)
2. (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

Etymology

Derived from Japanese. The game is named after the most valuable stick, which is called mikado (like the emperor of Japan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Mikado m (strong, genitive Mikados, plural Mikados)

1. mikado (a title of the emperors of Japan)

Declension

Declension of Mikado [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mikado	die	Mikados
genitive	eines	des	Mikados	der	Mikados
dative	einem	dem	Mikado	den	Mikados
accusative	einen	den	Mikado	die	Mikados

Noun

Mikado n (strong, genitive Mikados, plural Mikados)

1. (games) mikado, jackstraws, spillikins (stick game)

Declension

Declension of Mikado [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mikado	die	Mikados
genitive	eines	des	Mikados	der	Mikados
dative	einem	dem	Mikado	den	Mikados
accusative	ein	das	Mikado	die	Mikados

Further reading

• “Mikado” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Mikado on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Mikado” in Duden online
• “Mikado” in Duden online