1. chintz; calico; printed cottonFrom Portuguese “saraça”
2. ChintzChintz (from the plural of chint) are glazed calico cloths printed with flowers and other patterns in different colours. Unglazed calico is called "cretonne". The word Calico is derived from the name of the Indian city Calicut (Kozhikkode in native Malayalam) to which it had a manufacturing association.
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更紗: Ateji (phonetic) reading.
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