"神社" meaning in Japanese

See 神社 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: 神社 [canonical] (ruby: (かみ), (やしろ)), Kamiyashiro [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|かみやしろ}} 神(かみ)社(やしろ) • (Kamiyashiro)
  1. a town in Watarai District, Mie Prefecture Categories (place): Places of worship
    Sense id: en-神社-ja-name--R-3SJMi Disambiguation of Places of worship: 59 20 20 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings, Japan, Towns Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 18 33 17 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 15 44 14 15 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 63 18 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 64 18 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 62 18 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 29 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 61 19 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 66 17 18 Disambiguation of Japanese words with multiple readings: 60 20 21 Disambiguation of Japan: 44 29 27 Disambiguation of Towns: 74 13 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑĩɲ̟d͡ʑa̠] Forms: 神社 [canonical] (ruby: (じん), (じゃ)), jinja [romanization], zinzya [romanization], じんじや [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|じんじゃ|hhira=じんじや}} 神(じん)社(じゃ) • (jinja) ^(←じんじや (zinzya)?)
  1. a shrine, especially a Shinto shrine Related terms: (tera), (setsu), 教会 (kyōkai), 大聖堂 (daiseidō), 修道院 (shūdōin), 聖地 (seichi), 聖地面 (seichimen)
    Sense id: en-神社-ja-noun-0J0JZE5c Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 神社 [canonical] (ruby: (かみ), (やしろ)), 神社 [canonical] (ruby: (かむ), (やしろ)), kamiyashiro [romanization], kamuyashiro [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|かみやしろ|かむやしろ}} 神(かみ)社(やしろ) or 神(かむ)社(やしろ) • (kamiyashiro or kamuyashiro)
  1. a shrine, especially a Shinto shrine
    Sense id: en-神社-ja-noun-0J0JZE5c1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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