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katakana definition

ka·ta·kana (kä′tə kä′nə)

noun

the portion of the Japanese kana, or syllabary, whose characters are angular in form: it is used esp. for foreign words

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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