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  Akita

  noun

  a seaport on northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
• akita
  akita

  noun

  a large powerfully-built dog of a Japanese breed with erect ears, a typically white coat, and a large full tail carried curled over its back

Akita

American  

[uh-kee-tuh] / əˈki tə /

noun

1. a seaport on northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan.

2. 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.

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akita British  

/ əˈkiːtə /

noun

1. a large powerfully-built dog of a Japanese breed with erect ears, a typically white coat, and a large full tail carried curled over its back

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Etymology

Origin of Akita

First recorded in 1925–30; from Japanese surname Akita “autumn ricefield”

Example Sentences

With a record 13 people killed this year in Japan, the professor of emergency and critical medicine at Akita University Hospital advises what to do in an encounter.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

Another comment that resonated came from Donald’s older sister, Akita.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2024

Akita has logged a record 30 cases of bear attacks on people in 2023 alone, increasingly in residential areas.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 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 Asia it occurs not only on the mainland of Siberia, but it has been obtained on the Akita Mountains in Japan and on the Mioko San Mountain, and also on the island of Saghalien.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis

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