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Diaoyus

Diaoyus is the ellipsis of Diaoyu Islands.

Meaning of Diaoyu Islands

Proper noun

Diaoyu Islands

  1. A chain of islands in the East China Sea: the People's Republic of China (mainland China) name.
    • When Japan annexed the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in 1895, it detached them from Taiwan and placed them under Okinawa Prefecture. Moreover, the Japanese name “Senkaku Islands” itself was first introduced in 1900 by academic Kuroiwa Hisashi and adopted by the Japanese government thereafter. Half a...2012 September 19, Han-Yi Shaw, “The Inconvenient Truth Behind the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2022, The Opinion Pages

Questions about Diaoyus

What is Diaoyus the ellipsis of?
Diaoyus is the ellipsis of Diaoyu Islands.

Words near Diaoyus in the dictionary

  1. Diantonio
  2. Diantonios
  3. Diaoyu
  4. Diaoyu Islands
  5. diaoyudaoite
  6. Diaoyus
  7. Diaoyutai
  8. Diaoyutai Islands
  9. Diaoyutais
  10. diap
  11. diap.

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