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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

요코즈나

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yokeozuna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Yokozuna/ˌjoʊ.kəˈzuː.nə/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 스모 선수는 요코즈나 지위를 획득했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The highest rank in professional sumo wrestling.

    "He achieved the prestigious rank of yokozuna after winning three consecutive tournaments."
  2. 2

    A wrestler who holds this highest rank.

    "The veteran yokozuna bowed to the crowd after his final championship match."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese yokozuna (横綱), literally meaning 'horizontal rope'. It is a compound of yoko ('horizontal') and tsuna ('rope'), referring to the sacred thick hemp rope worn around the waist by wrestlers of this rank during ceremonies.

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