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Etymology
, from, either clipped from earlier , a Meiji-era coinage, or merely repurposed from. 🇨🇬 meant something to the effect of "international relations," rather than the purposeful management of such relations that constitutes "diplomacy" conveyed by 🇨🇬.

The "foreign affairs" sense was borrowed from, as in. The Japanese government uses, as in , and its Vietnamese cognate, , is used for provincial subordinate to. Compare South 🇨🇬.

See also.