The story
- Japanese · borrowed fromゴジラ
- English todayGodzilla
From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Godzilla
Today it means: Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type. Full definition →
Japanese ゴジラ