Fuji

//fuːd͡ʒi// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plain spun silk fabric. countable
  2. 2
    A large cultivar of eating apple. countable
  3. 3
    shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms wordnet
  4. 4
    A Nigerian musical genre. uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
  2. 2
    A harbor in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

    "After taking some time to dry off while having a seafood lunch at the nearby Fuchi (Fuji) Fishing Harbor 富基漁港, we continued down the coast to the Temple of the Eighteen Lords 十八王公廟."

  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Mount Fuji. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  4. 4
    A surname from Japanese.

Synonyms

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fuji cherryfuji sanfujinoyamafujiyamamount fujimount fuji

Example

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"Have you ever climbed Mt. Fuji?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Named after Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan.

Etymology 2

Short for Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan, where originally cultivated.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 富士 (ふじ, Fuji).

Etymology 4

From Mandarin 富基 (Fùjī).

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