Yamamoto
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- proper noun
- The Japanese Navy was led by Yamamoto, who became renowned for his naval strategies.
- Admiral Yamamoto
- Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Examples
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They wouldn't allow me to wire my arrival after what happened to Admiral Yamamoto.
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Does that sound about right, Mr. Yamamoto?
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I need you to be my Admiral Yamamoto.
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On behalf of the British Empire, I wish to thank Admiral Yamamoto for this invitation.
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Our listening posts pick up traffic between Yamamoto's flag commanders.
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And across the world, in the South Pacific, over Bougainville, P-38 Lightning fighters shot down a transport carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, chief of the Japanese Navy, and Japan's principal strategist.
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Admiral Yamamoto was instrumental in planning the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.
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As a key figure in the Pacific theater, Yamamoto played a pivotal role in naval warfare.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yamamoto comes from two Japanese words, yama meaning 'mountain' and moto meaning 'base' or 'origin'. So the name means 'base of the mountain', like a family who lived at the foot of a mountain.