Words · Rare
tenno
5 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno
Word history
Borrowed from Japanese 天皇(てんのう) (tennō), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (then hwang) with the original sense of “heavenly sovereign”.
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- Rarer than once in ten million words.
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