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koxinga

/kɔkˈsɪŋɡə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
koxin-ga
IPA
/kɔkˈsɪŋɡə/
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China's southeastern coast.

Etymology

From a Portuguese transliteration of Taiwanese Hokkien 國姓爺／国姓爷 (Kok-sèng-iâ).

Word Breakdown

Questions

How do you pronounce koxinga?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɔkˈsɪŋɡə/.
What does koxinga mean?
A Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China's southeastern coast.
Where does koxinga come from?
From a Portuguese transliteration of Taiwanese Hokkien 國姓爺／国姓爷 (Kok-sèng-iâ).

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