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Japanese
バイキング on Japanese Wikipedia
Etymology
Borrowing from English Viking. Second meaning comes from name of restaurant, Viking, which introduced smorgasbord style into Japan.
Pronunciation
Noun
バイキング • (Baikingu)
- Alternative form of ヴァイキング (Vaikingu, “Viking”) (one of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors)
- Short for バイキング料理 (Baikingu ryōri, “smorgasbord”).
- Synonyms: 食べ放題, ビュッフェ