Etymology

miko

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Today it means: A Shinto shrine maiden. Full definition →

Japanese 巫女
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from巫女“shrine maiden”
  2. English todaymiko

Borrowed from Japanese 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.