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Lewchew

Lewchew is the archaic form of Ryukyu.

Meaning of Ryukyu

Proper noun

Ryukyu

  1. A chain of islands in Japan roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan.
    • White Butterflies in Japan.[...]Shortly after this I left Yokohama for the Ryukyu Islands, and next had my attention attracted by the "White" in the Bay of Kagoshima.1888 April, H. T. Stainton, “Nepticula Serella, N. SP.”, in Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 261
    Synonyms:
    the Ryukyus, Liuqiu, Liuchiu

Questions about Lewchew

What is Lewchew the archaic form of?
Lewchew is the archaic form of Ryukyu.

Words near Lewchew in the dictionary

  1. Lewandowsky
  2. Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia
  3. Lewandowskys
  4. Lewanna
  5. Lewarden
  6. Lewchew
  7. Lewchewan
  8. Lewchewans
  9. lewd
  10. lewdable
  11. lewded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lewchew (page history and authors); Ryukyu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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