Meaning and background
The story behind Sakura
Sakura is a Japanese personal name strongly associated with cherry blossom, especially when written 桜. It can also appear in hiragana or with other character combinations, including 咲良, whose elements carry different meanings. The familiar floral association is sound, but a specific translation should still be linked to its written form. In English conversation, Sakura has three distinct syllables and a recognisable Japanese rhythm.
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About Sakura
Recorded as a dog’s name
Sakura appears in 12 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/sækʊɹɑ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/sækʊɹɑ/ · primary stress on syllable 2S AE0 K UH1 R AA2
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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