Where Akitas originated
The crossword clue "Where Akitas originated" is answered by JAPAN, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
JAPAN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JAPAN answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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