Koxinga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/kɔkˈsɪŋɡə/

Word forms

Koxinga

Etymology

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

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