Definition of Asama

1. Noun. A volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet).

Exact synonyms: Mount Asama
Group relationships: Hondo, Honshu, Japan, Nihon, Nippon
Generic synonyms: Volcano

Definition of Asama

1. Acronym. American Sport Art Museum and Archives ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asama

Arvicola
Arvicola amphibius
Arwel
Aryan
Aryanize
Aryanized
Aryanizes
Aryanizing
Aryans
Aryirades
Asa Gray
Asa Yoelson
Asadha
Asafolk
Asahikawa
Asama (current term)
Asamiya
Asanga
Asansol
Asaph Hall
Asarh
Asarum
Asarum canadense
Asarum europaeum
Asarum shuttleworthii
Asarum virginicum
Asatru
Asbat al-Ansar
Ascaphidae
Ascaphus

Literary usage of Asama

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Around the World Through Japan by Walter Del Mar (1903)
"An Exhilarating Walk. Silkworms and Silk. Ikao. The Railway to Karuizawa. The Volcano of Asama. NIKKO, where the first Tokugawa Shogun ..."

2. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane (1906)
"Relief of the Land: Highlands— Volcanoes, Fuji-yama, Aso-san, Asama-yama. Formerly the Japanese Archipelago was commonly supposed to consist mainly of ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Î. Asama-yama 8500 „ 4. Uyama, in Sagami 5400 „ hill in the Nikki range) 7800 „ в. .... Asama ..."

4. Asia: With Ethnological Appendix by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"But west and south of this district the IP attain their greatest elevation in Mounts Nantai (8115 feet), Asama (8260), Haku (9185), and the magnifies* ..."

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