dohyo

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dohyo

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Borrowed from Japanese 土(ど)俵(ひょう) (dohyō).

noun dohyo · dohyos · dohyō

The ring, made of compacted clay, in which a sumo wrestling match is held. Sumo ’bots also tend to have very low ground clearance since they operate on dohyos, which have a very smooth rubberized running surface; […]
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"dohyo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dohyo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"dohyo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dohyo.

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@misc{dohyo_2026,
  title = {dohyo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dohyo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}