"Kaguya" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 赫映, かぐや (Kaguya). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|赫映, かぐや|tr=Kaguya}} Japanese 赫映, かぐや (Kaguya) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kaguya
  1. (Japanese folklore) The protagonist of 赫映姫の物語 (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, “The Tale of Princess Kaguya”), a mysterious girl from the moon, discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant. Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Folklore Synonyms (mysterious girl from the moon): Kaguya-hime Related terms: Hiten Translations (Japanese folklore: mysterious girl from the moon): かぐや姫 (Kaguya-hime) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-Kaguya-en-name-PVcSPPX8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 78 22 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences Disambiguation of 'mysterious girl from the moon': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'Japanese folklore: mysterious girl from the moon': 99 1
  2. (chiefly in Japan, informal) Synonym of SELENE (“Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft”) Tags: informal Synonyms: SELENE [synonym, synonym-of]
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