Meanings
Yamaha1
- A surname from Japanese.
Yamaha2
- A Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate.
plural Yamahas
- 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 1812 more examples
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 71By 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
- Japanese山葉
- EnglishYamaha
Borrowed from Japanese 山葉 (Yamaha).
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Yamaha · proper noun, noun
- Japaneseヤマハ
- EnglishYamaha
From Japanese ヤマハ. Named after Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠 (Yamaha Torakusu)), the company's founder.
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Yamaha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yamaha
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