Japanese crossword «Rook»
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I don't quite understand the title. This clearly looks to me like a viking ship
I don't understand the title either I think a translator goofed on this one. but very nice.
replyGood puzzle, but the title must be a mistranslation.
replyA rook is a kind of viking ship. Thank you Irina for the puzzle.
replyOnly rooks I know of in English are a chess piece and a bird.
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Okay, it's not that it's a translation problem. As sometimes happens, two languages can develop a word independently of one another, with the words having no real connection to one another.
The rook is a kind of long-boat, but it's the Russian word rook, not the English word rook.
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259B%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B4%25D1%258C%25D1%258F_(%25D1%2581%25D1%2583%25D0%25B4%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE )&prev=search
The English word rook, as a name for a chess piece, is derived from some blending of Arabic, Persian and Hindu words, because the earliest forms of the game originated in India.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/rook#etymonline_v_16517
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess
The rook is a kind of long-boat, but it's the Russian word rook, not the English word rook.
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259B%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B4%25D1%258C%25D1%258F_(%25D1%2581%25D1%2583%25D0%25B4%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE )&prev=search
The English word rook, as a name for a chess piece, is derived from some blending of Arabic, Persian and Hindu words, because the earliest forms of the game originated in India.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/rook#etymonline_v_16517
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess
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Great exercise. Design is wonderful and a great idea. Thanks to the author for the work put into it!
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