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1. afion, n. View full entry 1542
...Opium, esp. in a raw liquid form....
2. aimag, n. View full entry 1729
...Among Mongol and Turkic peoples: a tribe, a clan. Also: an area associated with such a tribe. Now hist....
3. Arnaut, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1717
...An Albanian, spec. one serving in the Turkish army. Also as adj....
4. Capitan Pasha, n. View full entry 1584
...(The title of) the chief admiral of the Ottoman fleet....
5. Genro, n. View full entry 1876
...The ‘elder statesmen’ of Japan, a former body of retired statesmen who were at times informally consulted by the emperor. Also, a member of this body....
6. irade, n. View full entry 1883
...A written decree issued by the Sultan of Turkey....
7. juku, n. View full entry 1931
...(in Japan) an educational system based on a European and U.S. model of progressive education, which works within the framework of private schools and provides a variety of practical and vocational skills...
8. junshi, n. View full entry 1871
...In Japan, suicide at the death of one's lord, self-immolation....
9. khan, n.1 View full entry c1400
...Hist. The specific title (usually with great, †grand, or the additions of Tartary, of Cathay) given to the successors of Chingīz Khan, who...
10. Kiangsi, n. View full entry 1937
...attrib. Designating or pertaining to the period of communist rule in this province from 1929 to 1934, esp. the independent soviet republic established by Mao...
11. Latinxua, n. View full entry 1937
...A system of romanization for Chinese characters introduced in China in 1931 and widely popularized until superseded by Pinyin. Also in fuller form Latinxua Sin Wenz (lit. ‘latinized...
12. mangal, n.1 View full entry a1814
...A kind of charcoal brazier used in Turkey and the Middle East....
13. manghir, n. View full entry 1585
...A Turkish copper coin (originally weighing approx. 2.5 grams, subsequently dropping at some mints to approx. 1.5 grams)....
14. marumage, n. View full entry 1880
...In Japan: a hairstyle traditionally worn by married women, consisting of a large, round chignon on the top of the head....
15. medjidie, n. View full entry 1855
...A large Turkish silver coin minted from 1844 until 1919, a twenty kurush piece (weighing 24 grams)....
16. metalik, n. View full entry 1895
...(An informal name for) any of a number of former low-grade silver Turkish coins, esp. the para and the piastre....
17. Mikado, n. View full entry 1727
...In Western use: the emperor of Japan. Cf. dairi, the name more often used before the mid 19th cent. Now hist....
18. millet, n.2 View full entry 1900
...In the Ottoman Empire: a division of the population according to religious or ethnic affiliation; a religious community or ethnic group having some degree of internal autonomy, esp. a non-Muslim one....
19. Minseito, n. View full entry 1927
...In Japan: the Constitutional Democratic Party, formed in 1927 and disbanded in 1940....
20. Min Yuen, n. View full entry 1951
...An underground communist supply organization formed in Malaya during the Emergency (194860)....