a seaport on northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
Sometimes akita one of a Japanese breed of large, muscular dogs having a broad head with erect ears, a stiff coat of brown, red, black, or brindle color, and a long tail curled over its back: originally bred for hunting, now often used as a guard dog.
First recorded in 1925–30; from Japanese surname Akita “autumn ricefield”
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In Miyagi, Akita, and Fukushima prefectures, the number of sightings in April was around four times that of the previous year, the Yomiuri daily reported.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Another comment that resonated came from Donald’s older sister, Akita.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2024
“We cannot build social infrastructure for the future of Japan without fair competition,” said Norihisa Satake, governor of Akita, where Japan’s first full commercial operation of wind power generation began in December.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023
The cream white Akita Inu, born 100 years ago, has been memorialised in everything from books to movies to the cult science fiction sitcom Futurama.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023
In the Akita campaign the usual surrender was rehearsed.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
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