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koi

[ koi ]

noun

  1. any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.


koi

/ kɔɪ /

noun

  1. any of various ornamental forms of the common carp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of koi1

1720–30; < Japanese, earlier kowi < kofi, Old Japanese kwofi < *kwopi carp
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Word History and Origins

Origin of koi1

Japanese
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Example Sentences

One garden even includes a koi pond with golden fish that shimmer in the sunlight like DAC’s gleaming rods of anodized aluminum.

We have arrived too close to closing time to justify paying, so we take in the center’s free offerings — an 8,000-gallon coral reef aquarium and the rooftop gardens, with a koi pond and sweeping views of the city.

The first film in the series, Koi…Mil Gaya (2003), is essentially the story of Forrest Gump finding E.T.

For the perfect cocktail to accompany this perfect storm, we reached out to Ken Whang, the bar manager of Koi Los Angeles.

I dont see any way out of it except to abandon my English citizenship, and change my name to Koi zumi,—my wifes name.

Umi, proud enough of the revelation of his mother, at once departs, accompanied by Koi and Omakamau.

Sometimes at the irrigation reservoirs one may see notice boards announcing that these water areas are stocked with koi (carp).

The three groups inhabiting the entire region of the southeast were the Kamdot, Elem, and Koi.

He shook and twitched like a koi-fish, ready dressed for the frying pan.

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