Kwan-yin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kwan yin \Kwan yin\, Kwan-yin \Kwan-yin\prop. n. (Buddhism)
     A female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and
     considered an aspect of the Bodisattva Avalokitesvara;
     identified with Japanese Kwannon.
  
     Syn: Kuan Yin.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Kwan-yin
       n : (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of
           mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva
           Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon [syn: {Kuan
           Yin}]