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Dejima

Dejima proper noun: a former artificial island in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

Proper noun

Dejima

  1. A former artificial island in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

Origin of Dejima

Borrowed from Japanese 出島 (Dejima).

Questions about Dejima

What does Dejima mean?
Dejima means a former artificial island in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
What part of speech is Dejima?
Dejima is a proper noun.

Words near Dejima in the dictionary

  1. dejeunered
  2. dejeunering
  3. dejeuners
  4. Deji
  5. Dejiang
  6. Dejima
  7. dejitterize
  8. dejitterized
  9. dejitterizer
  10. dejitterizers
  11. dejitterizes

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