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mikado¹

  • /mɪˈkɑːdəʊ/

Rhymes with -ɑːdəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).

noun mikados · mikado

  1. countable, uncountable A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
  2. countable, literary Any emperor of Japan. The mikados of Japan are its emperors.

    Similar: tenno

  3. countable, uncountable A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack.

    Similar: pick-up sticks

  4. countable, uncountable A fabric having a stiff twill weave.

Mikado²

Where it comes from

From Japanese 御門 (mikado).

proper noun

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

noun Mikados

  1. Alternative letter-case form of mikado (“emperor of Japan”).
  2. The steam locomotive 2-8-2 wheel arrangement. 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.

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noun emperor of Japan

한국어천황 cheonhwang, 일왕 irwang
日本語帝 mikado, 御門 mikado, 天皇 tennō
中文天皇 tiānhuáng, 皇帝 huángdì, 帝 dì
Portuguêsmicado
Françaisempereur japonais, mikado
DeutschMikado
Ελληνικάμικάντο mikánto
Românămikado
Русскиймика́до mikádo
Tiếng ViệtNgự Môn, Nhật hoàng

noun a game of skill

Portuguêsmicado
Românămikado
עבריתדּוּקִים dukim

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@misc{mikado_2026,
  title = {mikado},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mikado},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}