maru
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈmɑːɹuː/(UK)
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/ˈmɑːɹuː/(UK) · /ˈmaɹuː/(UK) · /ˈmɑɹu/(US)
Definition of maru
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship.
“the Nippon Maru”
“Intelligence Report […] It is possible that there may be an increase in the number of transports and marus.”
“Does the 9th Fleet have enough marus and warships to carry two divisions of troops and their supplies to Buna?”
“four more marus fell to torpedoes”
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noun
-
A Japanese ship, especially a merchant ship.
“the Nippon Maru”
“Intelligence Report […] It is possible that there may be an increase in the number of transports and marus.”
“Does the 9th Fleet have enough marus and warships to carry two divisions of troops and their supplies to Buna?”
“four more marus fell to torpedoes”
- (colloquial)A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
- A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.
name
- Synonym of Lhao Vo (“a Burmish language”).
- A Māori god of war.
- A female given name.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Japanese 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”).
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