TOSA

Meaning of TOSA in English

/ ˈtəʊsə; NAmE ˈtoʊ-/ noun

a large strong dog originally kept for fighting

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WORD ORIGIN

1940s: from Tosa , the name of a former province in Japan.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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