wokou

See also: wōkòu

English

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