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1. bimbashi, n. View full entry 1819
...A Turkish major, naval commander, or squadron-leader. Also formerly in Egypt, an English officer in the service of the Khedive....
2. Capitan Pasha, n. View full entry 1584
...(The title of) the chief admiral of the Ottoman fleet....
3. galiongee, n. View full entry 1813
...A Turkish sailor....
4. gaydiang, n. View full entry 1855
...A two- or three-masted Vietnamese coaster or fishing boat....
5. gulet, n. View full entry 1986
...A sailing boat, usually ketch- or schooner-rigged, chiefly used in the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, esp. for holiday cruises. Cf. goelette...
6. kamikaze, n. and adj. View full entry 1896
...‘The wind of the gods’ (see small-type note above)....
7. kelek, n. View full entry 1684
...A raft or float used on rivers in Turkey in Asia, etc., formed of inflated sheep-skins, bundles of reeds, and the like....
8. klong, n. View full entry 1898
...In Thailand, a canal. Also attrib....
9. Maru, n. View full entry 1903
...As a pre- or postmodifier: designating a Japanese merchant ship. Hence in Naut.slang (U.S.): a Japanese (or, by extension, U.S.) ship of any kind....
10. 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....
11. reis, n. View full entry 1585
...In Middle-Eastern contexts: the captain of a boat or ship. Also as a title preceding a proper name....
12. sampan, n.1 View full entry 1620
...A Chinese word meaning ‘boat’, applied by Europeans in the China seas to any small boat of Chinese pattern....
13. sandal, n.3 View full entry 1753
...A long, narrow two-masted boat used in the Levant and on the northern coast of Africa....
14. Shinkansen, n. View full entry 1968
...In Japan, a railway system carrying high-speed passenger trains, orig. between Tokyo and Osaka; a train which travels on this. Also transf. (usu. with lower-case initial) a similar train or...
15. taikonaut, n. View full entry 1998
...A Chinese astronaut....
16. Tanka, n.1 View full entry 1839
...The boat-population of Canton, who live entirely on the boats by which they earn their living: they are descendants of some aboriginal tribe of which Tan was apparently the name....
17. tulip, n. View full entry 1578
...A bulbous plant of the genus Tulipa (N.O. Liliaceæ), esp. the species T. Gesneriana, introduced from Turkey into Western Europe in the 16th c., and since...
18. yuzbashi, n. View full entry 1876
...A captain in the Turkish army; in the Turkish navy, a first lieutenant. Cf. bimbashi...
