Yokozuna

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Yokozuna [ˌjəʊkəʊˈzuːnə]

n pl -na, -ni

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Wrestling) a grand champion sumo wrestler

[from Japanese yoko across + zuna rope, from the sacred straw rope presented to the grand champion]

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