Etymology

Kishu Ken

Today it means: A dog of a Japanese breed descended from ancient medium-sized breeds. Full definition →

Japanese 紀州犬
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from紀州犬“Kishū dog”
  2. English todayKishu Ken

Borrowed from Japanese 紀州犬 (Kishū-ken, “Kishū dog”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.