Geta Definition

gĕtə, gĕtä
noun
In Japan, a high wooden clog fastened to the foot by a thong between the first and second toes.
Webster's New World
A wooden-soled shoe traditionally worn in Japan.
American Heritage
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Origin of Geta

  • From Japanese 下駄 (geta).

    From Wiktionary

  • Japanese

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Geta Sentence Examples

  • Laos and F ra (Davus, Geta) were common as names of slaves in Attic comedy and in the adaptations of Plautus and Terence.

  • After the death of Severus (211) at Eboracum (York) in Britain, Caracalla and his brother Geta, who had accompanied their father, returned to Rome as colleagues in the supreme power.

  • Papinian tried to keep peace between the brothers, but with no better result than to excite the hatred of Caracalla, to which he fell a victim in the general slaughter of Geta's friends which followed the fratricide of A.D.

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Words Starting With

GGEGET

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ATAETA

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