Yamato
Yamato ( Japanese 大 和 , German "great peace", "great harmony"; outdated 倭 , 大 倭 , more rarely 日本 ) stands for:
- a historical name for Japan, especially for ancient Japan before the Meiji Restoration (1890, constitution of the Japanese Empire)
- the name for ethnic Japanese
- Yamato (band) , the name of a group of taiko and wadaiko drummers
- Yamato (name) , Japanese given name
- Yamato (ship, 1941) , Japanese battleship from World War II
- Yamato (ship, 2010) , Japanese ship, module carrier, after Yamatai (ship) the second from Japan with air lubrication
Films and series:
- Yamato - The Last Battle , Japanese film from 2005
- Space Battleship Yamato (film) , Japanese sci-fi film from 2010
- Uchū Senkan Yamato , Japanese sci-fi anime series from 1974.
Geography:
- Yamato Province , a historical province of Japan
- Yamato (Kanagawa) , a city in Kanagawa Prefecture since 1959
- Higashiyamato , a former town in North Tama County of Tokyo Prefecture
- Wakō (Saitama) , a former town in North Adachi County of Saitama Prefecture
- Yamato-gun (Fukuoka) , a county in Fukuoka Prefecture
- a former city in Fukushima Prefecture, incorporated into Kitakata
- a former city in Saga Prefecture, incorporated into Saga (Saga)
- Yamato Glacier , a glacier in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
History:
- Yamato Period , a period in Japanese history
- Yamato dynasty, see Japanese Imperial House
- Yamato race, a "human race" from which all Japanese are supposedly descended, see Racism # Yamato Race in Japan
Culture:
- Yamato Nadeshiko , the classic Japanese ideal for women
- Yamato-damashii , a term for the "Japanese soul"
- Yamato tradition , one of the five classic swordsmithing traditions of the Gokaden
- Yamatotakeru . a legendary hero
Others:
- Yamato Gunkei , a breed of domestic chicken
- Yamato 1 , the prototype of a boat with magneto-hydrodynamic propulsion
- Yamato Un'yu , Japanese package delivery company
Yamoto is a family name for the following people:
- Tetsu Yamato (* 1978), Japanese football player
See also:
Wiktionary: 倭 - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
