Definitions
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- noun A suffix of Japanese ship names.
 - noun linguistics, colloquial  A 
diacritic ( ゜ ) used with Japanesekana to change an h to a p. - noun   A large, circular 
punctuation mark ( 。 ) used as afull stop in Japanese text. 
Etymologies
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In Japanese, the word maru means “circle”; the Japanese believe that ships complete a circle and return loved ones home safely.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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In Japanese, the word maru means “circle”; the Japanese believe that ships complete a circle and return loved ones home safely.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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In Japanese, the word maru means “circle”; the Japanese believe that ships complete a circle and return loved ones home safely.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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In Japanese, the word maru means “circle”; the Japanese believe that ships complete a circle and return loved ones home safely.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Maru derives from the Japanese word maru, meaning “circle.”
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Maru derives from the Japanese word maru, meaning “circle.”
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Maru derives from the Japanese word maru, meaning “circle.”
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Maru derives from the Japanese word maru, meaning “circle.”
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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Paleoglot: Etruscan 'maru' : A non-existent title skip to main
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Another important oddity of this word is never explained by either Pallottino or any of his academic followers to date: Why do we find so many alternate forms *all* translated the same way, such as maru, marnu, marniu, maruχva, marunuχ or marunuχva?
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
 
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