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Akita
[ uh-kee-tuh ]
noun
- a seaport on northern Honshu, Japan, on the Sea of Japan.
- Sometimes a·ki·ta. 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
/ əˈkiːtə /
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of Akita1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Akita1
Example Sentences
A little more than an hour later, a blood-streaked Akita dog would lead a good Samaritan to a grisly discovery: two bodies covered in blood outside Nicole’s Bundy Drive condo.
Another comment that resonated came from Donald’s older sister, Akita.
A patrolling town official spotted the bears, believed to be a parent and two cubs, as they walked into a tatami factory Wednesday morning in Misato, a town in Akita prefecture, where there’s been a growing number of reported bear attacks in or near residential areas.
Akita has logged a record 30 cases of bear attacks on people in 2023 alone, increasingly in residential areas.
“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.
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