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tenno^¹

/ˈtɛnəʊ/

Rhymes with -ɛnəʊ

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Borrowed from Japanese 天皇(てんのう) (tennō), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (then hwang) with the original sense of “heavenly sovereign”.

noun tennos · Tenno · Tennou · ten'no

The emperor of Japan as head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family.
Similar: mikado, God Emperor

Tenno^²

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@misc{tenno_2026,
  title = {tenno},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tenno},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}