Definitions for mikados

mikados mi·ka·do

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

Mikados is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in mikados (adikmos).

Definitions for mikados

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 mikados

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

Examples for mikados

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for mikados
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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