Katakana meaning
A relatively angular kana used especially to write foreign words, onomatopoetic words, and the names of plants and animals in Japanese.
noun
The portion of the Japanese kana, or syllabary, whose characters are angular in form: it is used esp. for foreign words.
noun
Alternative spelling of katakana.
pronoun
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Origin of katakana
- Japanese kata one kana kana kana
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition