"miko" meaning in English

See miko in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mikos [plural], miko [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|巫女||shrine maiden|tr=miko}} Japanese 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|miko}} miko (plural mikos or miko)
  1. A Shinto shrine maiden. Categories (topical): People

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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