Etymology

Kuroshio

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Today it means: The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre. Full definition →

Japanese 黒潮
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from黒潮“Black Tide”
  2. English todayKuroshio

Borrowed from the romaji transcription of Japanese 黒潮 (Kuroshio, “Black Tide”).

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