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See also:
wōkòu
Contents
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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
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Etymology
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From
Mandarin
倭寇
(
wōkòu
,
“
Japanese pirates
”
)
.
Noun
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wokou
pl
(
plural only
)
(
historical
)
Pirates
of a
mixture
of
ethnicities
who
raided
the
coastlines
of
China
and
Korea
from the 13th to 16th
centuries
.
Translations
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pirates
Chinese:
Mandarin:
倭寇
(zh)
(
wōkòu
)
Japanese:
倭寇
(ja)
(
わこう, wakō
)
Korean:
왜구
(
waegu
)
Portuguese:
Wako
m
pl