Japanese

Noun

レーダー ‎(romaji rēdā)

1. radar (method of detecting distant objects)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Λήδᾱ ‎(Lḗdā)

Alternative forms

• レダ ‎(Reda)

Proper noun

レーダー ‎(romaji Rēdā)

1. (Greek mythology) Leda

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3