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Etymology edit

From Portuguese capitão.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

カピタン (kapitan

  1. a captain of a foreign ship from Europe to Japan in the Edo period
  2. VOC Opperhoofden in Japan; a chief trader of the Dutch East India Company during the Edo Period
  3. a kind of woven in stripes from #1

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN