Klingon Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Klingon word: jungwoq Part of speech: noun Definition: China Source: TalkNow - Learn Klingon!, revealed 30 September 2011 _______________________________________________ (De'vID, 11/14/2011): MO did, however, deliberately choose the Cantonese pronunciation for China rather than Mandarin. His reason was that if he had used Mandarin, the name would have ended in {wo'}, and he didn't think Klingons would like to call an Earth country by their word for empire. i.e. 中國 *Zhongguo* / *Chung-kuo* (Mandarin) and Zhong Gok / Jung Gwok (Cantonese). SEE ALSO: ‘aSya’ Asia choSan [North] Korea Hanghuq [South] Korea vIyetnam Vietnam nIpon Japan “Stand up! Those who refuse to be slaves!” [{bI'reS} of the PRC national anthem] -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from recent qep’a’mey or qepHommey. I’ve fallen woefully behind in updating my files.