English
Katana
Noun
katana (plural katana or katanas)
- A type of Japanese longsword, 日本刀 (にほんとう, nihontō) having a single edge and slight curvature, mostly used by samurais and ninjas.
Translations
a type of Japanese longsword
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 日本刀 (zh) (Rìběndāo), 武士刀 (wǔshìdāo), 卡塔納, 卡塔纳 (kǎtǎnà)
- Finnish: katana (fi)
- Ido: katana
- Japanese: かたな (ja) (katana), 刀 (ja) (かたな, katana), 日本刀 (にほんとう, nihontō)
- Korean: 가타나 (gatana)
- Marathi: काताना f (kātānā)
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Italian
Etymology
From Japanese.
Noun
katana f (plural katane)
- Japanese sword
Japanese
Romanization
katana
- rōmaji reading of かたな
Spanish
Noun
katana f (plural katanas)
- Alternative spelling of catana