Japanese ship-naming conventions
Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals.
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Japanese ship-naming conventions
Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle), while warships are never named after people, but rather after objects such as mountains, islands, weather phenomena, or animals.
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Japanese ship names follow dif ...... weather phenomena, or animals.
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Las convenciones de asignación ...... sta centrarse definitivamente.
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日本船舶艦艇的命名慣例與西方國家有所不同。舉例而言，日本的戰艦從未以人名命名過。第二次世界大戰前，日本船艦的命名慣例經歷了多次修正才被確定。
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Japanese ship names follow dif ...... weather phenomena, or animals.
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Las convenciones de asignación ...... sta centrarse definitivamente.
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日本船舶艦艇的命名慣例與西方國家有所不同。舉例而言，日本的戰艦從未以人名命名過。第二次世界大戰前，日本船艦的命名慣例經歷了多次修正才被確定。
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Convenciones de asignación de nombres en la Armada Imperial Japonesa
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Japanese ship-naming conventions
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Zasady nazywania okrętów japońskich
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日本船舶艦艇命名慣例
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