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大和

Mandarin · pinyin Dà hé

Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc
Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
和: hé · harmony, peace; peaceful, calm

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4–2 · Da4 he2

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daai6 wo4

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name · Etymology 1

(Chinese history) an era during the Tang dynasty, from 827 through 835 CE
(Chinese history) an era during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, from 929 through 935 CE
(Vietnamese history) an era during the reign of Lê Nhân Tông, from 1443 through 1453
(～鄉) Dahe (a township in Bazhou district, Bazhong, Sichuan, China)

name · Etymology 2

Yamato (ancient name for Japan)
(～市) Yamato (a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
(～國) Yamato Province, a former province in Japan, generally equivalent Nara Prefecture
an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大和, Yamato

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