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mi⋅ka⋅do

  [mi-kah-doh]
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–noun, plural -dos.
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:
1720–30; < Japn, equiv. to mi- exalted + kado gate, door (of the imperial palace)
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mi·ka·do   (mĭ-kä'dō)   
n.   pl. mi·ka·dos
An emperor of Japan.

[Japanese : mi-, honorific pref. + kado, gate.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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mikado 
1727, former title of the emperor of Japan, from mi "honorable" + kado "gate, portal." Similar to Sublime Porte, old title of the Ottoman emperor/government, and Pharaoh, which literally means "great house."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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