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first island chain

first island chain proper noun: the first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. Principally composed of the Kuril Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, Japan, and Borneo; from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula.

Proper noun (1)

first island chain

  1. The first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. Principally composed of the Kuril Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, Japan, and Borneo; from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: First Island Chain

First Island Chain

  1. Alternative letter-case form of first island chain.

Forms of first island chain

alternative formFirst Island Chain

Origin of first island chain

Calque from Chinese 第一島鏈／第一岛链 (Dìyī dǎoliàn).

Questions about first island chain

What does first island chain mean?
First island chain means the first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast. Principally composed of the Kuril Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the northern Philippines, Japan, and Borneo; from the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Malay Peninsula.
What part of speech is first island chain?
First island chain is a proper noun.

Words near first island chain in the dictionary

  1. first in, first out
  2. First Intermediate Period
  3. first inversion
  4. first inversions
  5. first is the worst, second is the best, third is the one with the hairy chest
  6. first island chain
  7. first isomorphism theorem
  8. First Laddie
  9. First Laddies
  10. first ladies
  11. First Ladies of the United States

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