Hanko Definition
hängkō
hanko
noun
A Japanese stamp made of wood, stone, or horn, engraved with the name of an individual, office, or institution and used instead of a signature in official transactions.
American Heritage
pronoun
A town in Finland.
Wiktionary
Origin of Hanko
Japanese hanko probably alteration (taken as if han seal, stamp) (ko child, also a noun-forming suff.) of earlier hankō publication, printing Japanese han board, block such as those used in woodblock printing (from Middle Chinese paːn´) (also the source of Mandarin bàn) Japanese kō to go, circulate (from Middle Chinese xfijaːjŋ) (also the source of Mandarin xíng)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Finnish Hanko.
From Wiktionary
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