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Koi is a Japanese word for a Japanese fish. Coy has a similar meaning to cunning. The words are not interchangeable even though they have the same pronunciation (they are homophones).

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Koi is Japanese for carp, so it's a tautology to say "koi carp".

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Q: Can you spell koi as c-o-y as in the fish and is it an abbreviation?
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