Kapitan

Japanese: 甲必丹 - かぴたん
Kapitan

…In Portuguese, it means chief, and is written as 甲ヒタタン or 甲ヒタン. During the Edo period, Capitaõ‐mor had the highest authority in Portuguese trade between Macau and Nagasaki, and served as the highest administrative official in Macau and the representative of Portuguese in Nagasaki.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kohidan" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ポルトガル語で長をさし,甲必丹,甲比丹の字を当てる。江戸時代,マカオ~長崎間のポルトガル貿易に最高の権限を持ち,マカオ滞在中は同地の最高の行政官,長崎ではポルトガル人の代表を務めたのがカピタン・モーロcapitaõ‐morである。…

※「甲必丹」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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