rama

Animals in Japanese / Names List / Starting with ra ら

Translation

rama means "Llama" in English.
It's a katakanization, a loan-word.
Sometimes rama doesn't mean the animal, see homonyms.

rama is normally written with katakana, as ラマ.
rama written with hiragana is らま.

rama does not have kanji.

Romaji	ra	ma
Katakana	ラ	マ
Hiragana	ら	ま

Homonyms & Similar Words

rama 喇嘛 means "lama" as in "Dalai Lama."

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Synonyms

ryama リャマ.

Further Reading

Wikipedia: リャマ (Llama)