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Koi

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means a colorful, ornamental variety of carp bred for ponds
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Stage 1 of 2
koi
Japanese · medieval
"carp"
the Japanese word for carp
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Stage 2 of 2
koi
English · 1900s
"an ornamental variety of carp"
adopted for the ornamental, colorful carp variety
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