Definition of Katakana

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of katakana) ¹

2. Noun. A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, or to emphasize a word or phrase. ¹

3. Noun. A letter thereof ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Katakana

1. a Japanese syllabic symbol [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Katakana

kata-
kata factor
kata factors
kata thermometer
kata thermometers
katabases
katabasis
katabatic
katabatic wind
katabatic winds
katabolic
katabolism
katabolisms
katagelophobia
kataifi
katakana
katakanas
katal
katals
katamorphism
katana
katanas
katanin
katanosin
katanosins
kataphatic
kataphatically
katara
katas
katastases

Literary usage of Katakana

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

1. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1902)
"The following tables of the Katakana and Hiragana will help to make this clear. ... THE Katakana SYLLABARY. THE Hiragana SYLLABARY. f ro ha ni ho . he chi ..."

2. The Reading Process by William Anton Smith (1922)
"And by the close of the ninth century they had actually evolved two syllabaries—the Katakana and the Hiragana—their colloquial having been resolved into 47 ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1881)
"The alphabet given by Ballhorn is in the Katakana character, and the type used was cut ... A Katakana syllabary is also engraved by M. Humbert (vol. ii. p. ..."

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