Tsushima.
An island of Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.
Meaning & usage
An island of Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.
A city in Nagasaki, Japan, coterminous with the main island of Tsushima.
An archipelago of Nagasaki, Japan, surrounding the main island of Tsushima.
A strait in Japan, between Tsushima Island and the Home Islands, the location of a major 1905 battle in the Russo-Japanese War.
Where this word comes from
Romanized from Japanese 対馬 (Tsushima). Unrelated to the Japanese word 島 (shima, “island”). When the primary island is specifically described in Japanese, 対馬島 takes on the separate pronunciations Tsushimajima or Tsushimatō.
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