First Known Use: 1931
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haniwa
noun plural, ha·ni·wa often capitalized \ˈhä-nə-ˌwä\
Definition of HANIWA
: large hollow baked clay sculptures placed on ancient Japanese burial mounds
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Origin of HANIWA
Japanese
Rhymes with HANIWA
abaca, Abdullah, Adana, agora, ahimsa, aloha, Antalya, assignat, Astana, Aymara, baccarat, baklava, Bogotá, brouhaha, cervelat, coup d'état, Cumaná, Delacroix, entrechat, feria, guarana, haftarah, Heredia, inshallah, Kashiwa, koruna, Kostroma, la-di-da, ma-and-pa, Machida, Malinois, Mardi Gras, Masséna, Modena, moussaka, Oshawa, pakeha, panama, Panama, Paraná, parashah, pas de trois, persona, pietà, podesta, polenta, polynya, port de bras, reseda, rufiyaa, Shangri-la, tempura, ulema, usquebaugh
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