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Karafuto

Karafuto proper noun: japanese name for Sakhalin (island in Russia).

Proper noun

Karafuto

  1. Japanese name for Sakhalin (island in Russia)
  2. a Japanese prefecture (Karafuto-chō) on the South Sakhalin, commonly called South Sakhalin from 1905 to 1945.

Origin of Karafuto

From Japanese 樺太 (Karafuto).

Questions about Karafuto

What does Karafuto mean?
Karafuto means japanese name for Sakhalin (island in Russia).
What part of speech is Karafuto?
Karafuto is a proper noun.

Words near Karafuto in the dictionary

  1. Karadsheh
  2. Karadzic
  3. Karadžić
  4. Karaffa
  5. Karaffas
  6. Karafuto
  7. karagan
  8. Karaganda
  9. karagane
  10. karagans
  11. Karagiozis

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