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The type of Chinese sailing boat called a 'junk' derives its name from the Portugese 'junco' which came from the Malay 'jong', which is thought to come from the Javanese 'djong'.

The word 'junk' in this sense has been used in English since at least the fourteenth century and probably earlier.

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