mikado

Meanings

1. A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
2. Any emperor of Japan.
3. A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack.
4. A fabric having a stiff twill weave.

1. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Alcona County, Michigan, United States.

1. Alternative letter-case form of mikado (“emperor of Japan”).
2. The steam locomotive 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).