Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wooden-soled shoe traditionally worn in Japan.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wooden clogs worn out of doors by the Japanese.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A type of Japanese footwear usually with wooden soles, held to the foot by a thong that passes between the first two toes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A Japanese raised wooden
clog , worn with traditional Japanese garments such as the kimono.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun footwear usually with wooden soles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The geta is a wooden sandal, or clog, of which there are many varieties, -- some decidedly elegant.
In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Even older, a wooden Japanese thong platform called a geta, with separate heel pieces, has been traced to 300 B.C.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Even older, a wooden Japanese thong platform called a geta, with separate heel pieces, has been traced to 300 B.C.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Even older, a wooden Japanese thong platform called a geta, with separate heel pieces, has been traced to 300 B.C.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Even older, a wooden Japanese thong platform called a geta, with separate heel pieces, has been traced to 300 B.C.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Even older, a wooden Japanese thong platform called a geta, with separate heel pieces, has been traced to 300 B.C.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Even older, a wooden Japanese thong platform called a geta, with separate heel pieces, has been traced to 300 B.C.
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Even older, a wooden Japanese thong platform called a geta, with separate heel pieces, has been traced to 300 B.C.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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Even older, a wooden Japanese thong platform called a geta, with separate heel pieces, has been traced to 300 B.C.
Berks county news 2010
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Even older, a wooden Japanese thong platform called a geta, with separate heel pieces, has been traced to 300 B.C.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
john commented on the word geta
Traditional Japanese footware.
“Clearly, understanding a visionary whose work shaped Japan’s literary culture requires more than walking a few steps in her geta.�?
The New York Times, Kyoto Celebrates a 1,000-Year Love Affair , by Michelle Green, , 2009
January 5, 2009