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hwachas

hwachas is the plural of hwacha.

Meaning of hwacha

Noun

hwacha (plural hwachas)

  1. (historical) A mid-16th-century Korean weapon that launched a barrage of rockets or arrows at enemies using gunpowder.
    • After lighting a common fuse, the hwacha fired as many as a hundred arrows, all of which landed in a precise spot.2010, Myung Oak Kim, Sam Jaffe, The New Korea: An Inside Look at South Korea's Economic Rise, page 149
    Synonyms:
    fire cart

Questions about hwachas

What is hwachas the plural of?
Hwachas is the plural of hwacha.

Words near hwachas in the dictionary

  1. hvy
  2. hw
  3. hwabyeong
  4. hwabyung
  5. hwacha
  6. hwachas
  7. Hwadae
  8. hwagwan
  9. Hwai
  10. Hwaian
  11. Hwainan

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