wokou

See also: wōkòu

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 倭寇 (wōkòu, “Japanese pirates”)

Noun

1. (historical) Pirates from 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)

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• Japanese: 倭寇 (わこう, wakō)
• Portuguese: Wako m pl