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maru¹

  • /ˈmɑːɹuː/ UK
  • /ˈmaɹuː/ UK
  • /ˈmɑɹu/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːɹuː

Where it comes from

From Japanese 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”).

noun marus

  1. A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship. the Nippon Maru
  2. colloquial A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.

    Similar: handakuten

  3. A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.

Maru²

proper noun

  1. Synonym of Lhao Vo (“a Burmish language”).

    Similar: Lhao Vo

Maru³

Where it comes from

From Māori [Term?].

proper noun

  1. A Māori god of war.

Maru⁴

proper noun

  1. A female given name.

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"maru." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maru. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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maru. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/maru

Chicago

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

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@misc{maru_2026,
  title = {maru},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maru},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}