art name

English

Etymology

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Noun

art name (plural art names)

1. A professional name used by an East Asian artist, poet, or writer.

   Coordinate term: courtesy name

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 號／号 (zh) (hào)

• Japanese: 号 (ja) (gō)
• Korean: 호(號) (ko) (ho)

See also

pen name

Anagrams

• man-rate, ramenta