Yamaha

Ya·ma·ha
Y4A1M3A1H4A1

proper noun

A surname from Japanese.

CommonScrabble 14

Meanings

Yamaha1

proper noun
  1. A surname from Japanese.

Yamaha2

proper noun
  1. A Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate.
nounYamaha (plural Yamahas)

plural Yamahas

  1. A product manufactured by Yamaha, particularly a motorcycle.

    Astride my Yamaha I ride along the Savo road – on my way to the cinema to see the new Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me.

    2009 June 18, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Existence, Historical Fabulation, Destiny, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 181
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    Actually, if you can find an enduro in which non-street-legal machinery can compete, and the event isn't going to be an extremely difficult one, you can ride it on the Yamaha.

    1975 January, Cycle World Magazine, page 71

    By the time we were finished, we had learned that these new Yamahas are a lot of things—but that slow and boring definitely are not two of them.

    1986 January, “Yamaha: Back To The Future”, in Cycle World, volume 25, number 1, page 32, column 3

Origin

Yamaha · proper noun

  1. Japanese山葉
  2. EnglishYamaha

Borrowed from Japanese 山葉 (Yamaha).

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Yamaha · proper noun, noun

  1. Japaneseヤマハ
  2. EnglishYamaha

From Japanese ヤマハ. Named after Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠 (Yamaha Torakusu)), the company's founder.

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APA

Yamaha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yamaha

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“Yamaha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yamaha. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yamaha,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yamaha.

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