A '''junk''' is the flat-bottomed, high-sterned, wide-hulled square-bowed sea-going vessel widespread in East [[Asia]] from [[Japan]] to [[Java]] since antiquity. The term derives from the Javanese “''djong''” (meaning "ship") via the [[Portuguese]] “''junco''”. | A '''junk''' is the flat-bottomed, high-sterned, wide-hulled square-bowed sea-going vessel widespread in East [[Asia]] from [[Japan]] to [[Java]] since antiquity. The term derives from the Javanese “''djong''” (meaning "ship") via the [[Portuguese]] “''junco''”. |