tenno

noun
/ˈtɛnəʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天皇(てんのう) (tennō), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (then hwang) with the original sense of “heavenly sovereign”.

  1. derived from 天皇

Definitions

  1. The emperor of Japan as head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family.

  2. Alternative form of tenno.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA