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Fu·gu

Today it means: Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins. Full definition →

Mandarin 府谷

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fugu · noun¹

Borrowed from Japanese 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu, “blowfish”).

Fugu · proper noun²

Mandarin · borrowed from府谷
English todayFugu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 府谷 (Fǔgǔ).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.