pan-pan

/pæn.pæn/

IPA: /P AE1 N P AE0 N/

noun

1
(shipping) A minor emergency requiring some assistance or priority in handling, but not endangering the safety of the vessel or those aboard.

noun

1
(history) A Japanese prostitute who catered to American GIs in post-WWII occupied Japan.

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