Definitions for Mikado

Mikado mi·ka·do

Spelling: [mi-kah-doh]
IPA: /mɪˈkɑ doʊ/

Mikado is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in Mikado (adikmo).

Definitions for Mikado

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a title of the emperor of Japan.
  2. (initial capital letter, italics) an operetta (1885) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
  3. (initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, eight driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.

Origin of Mikado

1720-30; Japanese, equivalent to mi- exalted + kado gate, door (of the imperial palace)

Examples for Mikado

Kyoto was a great city in medieval days, when it was the residence of the mikado.

As Gilbert's "mikado" would say, "the punishment fits the crime."

Shortly after, in a battle with the rebels the mikado was shot dead with an arrow.

Church and State are so closely welded that the mikado is regarded as a god.

They were in attendance on the mikado, who is now on a tour of his empire.

The mikado is lamenting a sudden realisation that he is too old for his love.

On levée day I saw the reception at the mikado's palace in Yeddo.

No one--Czar or diplomat, Kaiser or mikado--seemed to know anything.

You cannot think of the mikado of Japan in terms of royal dignity.

I think that was not so very long after the mikado made its debut.

Word Value for Mikado
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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