Meanings
plural Hirotas
- A surname from Japanese.
- A people who lived on the island of Tanegashima in Japan between the third and seventh centuries.
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The study team determined that Hirota people practiced cranial deformation “regardless of social rank or sex,” said coauthors Dr. Noriko Seguchi, an associate professor with the Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies at Kyushu University in Japan, and James Frances Loftus III, a postdoctoral research fellow at the university.
2023 August 18, Mindy Weisberger, “Long-standing mystery of modified human skulls in ancient Japan solved by new analysis”, in CNN
Origin
- Japanese広田
- EnglishHirota
Borrowed from Japanese 広田 (Hirota) or 弘田 (Hirota).
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Hirota. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hirota
“Hirota.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hirota. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hirota,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hirota.
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