Akita
noun
a seaport on northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
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Akita
American
[uh-kee-tuh]
/ əˈki tə /
noun
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a seaport on northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
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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.
akita
British
/ əˈkiːtə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Akita
First recorded in 1925–30; from Japanese surname Akita “autumn ricefield”
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Hachirogata is in Akita prefecture and has a population of around 5,000 people.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
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
“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
About fifty important operations are annually performed under chloroform, but the people of Akita ken are very conservative, and object to part with their limbs and to foreign drugs.
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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