wokou

See also: wōkòu

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Etymology

From Mandarin 倭寇 (wōkòu, “Japanese pirates”).

Noun

wokou pl (plural only)

1. (historical) Pirates of a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries.

Translations

pirates

Chinese: Mandarin: 倭寇 (zh) (wōkòu) Japanese: 倭寇 (ja) (わこう, wakō) Korean: 왜구 (waegu) Portuguese: Wako m pl