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kamikaze | Origin and meaning of kamikaze by Online Etymology Dictionary

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*literally "divine wind," from kami "god, providence" (see kami) + kaze "wind." Said to have been...
*literally "divine wind," from kami "god, providence" (see kami) + kaze "wind." Said to have been originally the name given in folklore to a typhoon which saved Japan from Mongol invasion by wrecking Kublai Khan's fleet (August 1281).

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