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Oyama

[ aw-yah-mah ]

/ ˈɔ yɑˌmɑ /

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noun

I·wa·o

[ee-wah-aw], /ˈi wɑˌɔ/, 1842–1916, Japanese field marshal.

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How to use Oyama in a sentence

Oyama and Marino just celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary.
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To the west, standing straight up in the sky, as it seemed, loomed the pile of Oyama mountain.
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But Ito created modern Japan, wrote its constitution and introduced those methods which made Oyama's successes possible.
The Young Man and the World|Albert J. Beveridge
Oyama's victories were ripening in the brain of this modern Attila for ten long years.
The Young Man and the World|Albert J. Beveridge

Old Oyama cooled his brain during the battle of the Shaho by shooting pigeons sitting on Chinese chimneys.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
I could imagine the forecastle filled with the desperate men who had beaten off the Oyama.
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