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Ryūkyū

Ryūkyū is the alternative spelling 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

Phrases with Ryūkyū

Questions about Ryūkyū

What is Ryūkyū the alternative spelling of?
Ryūkyū is the alternative spelling of Ryukyu.

Words near Ryūkyū in the dictionary

  1. Ryzhivka
  2. ryō
  3. ryū
  4. ryūha
  5. Ryūjin
  6. Ryūkyū
  7. Ryūkyū Kingdom
  8. Ryūkyūan
  9. ryūs
  10. ryūteki
  11. Rzeczpospolita

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ryūkyū (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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