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English
Etymology
From a Portuguese transliteration of Hokkien 國姓爺/国姓爷 (Kok-sèng-iâ). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Koxinga
- A Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China's southeastern coast.
Translations
Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 國姓爺 / 国姓爷 (Kok-sèng-iâ)
- Mandarin: 國姓爺 / 国姓爷 (zh) (Guóxìngyé)
- Japanese: 国姓爺 (Kokusen'ya)
- Korean: (please verify) 국성야 (Gukseong'ya)
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