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The Portuguese in Asia
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The first #Europeans that the #Japanese encountered were the #Portuguese, and the significant cultural exchange led to many words being borrowed. The weirdest one must be the word 木乃伊 (miira), the pronunciation of which comes from the Portuguese "mirra", meaning myrrh. Can you guess what 木乃伊 means?
https://www.portuguese.asia/post/weirdest-japanese-word-borrowed-from-the-portuguese
2025-02-23T10:51:10.054Z