katakana

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katakana - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  katakana
  
     <Japanese> The square-formed Japanese kana syllabary.
     Katakana is mostly used to write foreign names, foreign words,
     and loan words as well as many onomatopeia, plant and animal
     names.
  
     (2001-03-18)