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thumb|300x300px|Depiction of a three-masted Javanese jong in Banten, by Hieronymus Megiser, 1610

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Jong (ship)

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  • Etymology
  • Sailing and navigation
  • Description
  • Difference from Chinese junks
  • History
  • Early eras
  • Majapahit era
  • European age of discovery
  • Decline
  • Replica
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • Notes
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thumb|300x300px|Depiction of a three-masted Javanese jong in Banten, by Hieronymus Megiser, 1610

The djong, jong, jung, or original junk is a type of sailing ship originating from Java that was widely used by Javanese sailors. The word was and is spelled jong in its languages of origin, the "djong" spelling was a colonial Dutch romanization. In English, the jong lends its name to other ships of similar configuration, called junks, and to their characteristic style of rigging, the junk rig.

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