ema

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noun

A wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left hanging at a Shinto shrine.

OriginJapanese 絵馬 →
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Meanings

ema1

nounema (plural ema)
  1. A wooden plaque bearing a prayer or wish, left hanging at a Shinto shrine.

EMA2

nounEMA (countable and uncountable, plural EMAs)

plural EMAs

  1. European UnionabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehealthInitialism of European Medical Association (association representing Medical Doctors in Europe).
  2. European UnionabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehealthInitialism of European Medicines Agency (a European Union agency for the evaluation of medicinal products).
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablelifestyleInitialism of Excess Milage Allowance.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of exponential moving average.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of economically motivated adulteration.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
economically motivated adulteration

Origin

  1. Japanese絵馬
  2. Japanese絵馬
  3. Englishema

Derived from Japanese 絵馬 (ema).

More words from Japanese

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Maeeam
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APA

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Chicago

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