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From Mandarin 倭寇 (wōkòu, “Japanese pirates”).
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.
pirates
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 倭寇 (zh) (wōkòu)
- Japanese: 倭寇 (ja) (わこう, wakō)
- Korean: 왜구 (waegu)
- Portuguese: Wako m pl
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