Uotsuri
/ˌuːoʊˈtsʊəɹi/
Uotsuri is the ellipsis of Uotsuri Island.
Meaning of Uotsuri Island
Proper noun
Uotsuri Island
- An island in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in the Senkaku Islands.
- A rescue ship headed toward Formosa today with the 13 persons who lived through the wrecking of a Japanese airways land plane in a forced landing on Uotsuri Island.
The stranded crew of four and nine passengers were sighted by the ship along the beach, 110 miles north of Formosa.1940 February 6, “13 Rescued from Wrecked Plane”, in Victoria Daily Times, volume 96, number 31, Victoria, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 1
- Synonyms:
- Uotsuri, Uotsuri-shima, Diaoyutai
- A rescue ship headed toward Formosa today with the 13 persons who lived through the wrecking of a Japanese airways land plane in a forced landing on Uotsuri Island.
Synonyms of Uotsuri
Origin of Uotsuri
From Japanese 魚釣(うおつり) (uotsuri).
Phrases with Uotsuri
Questions about Uotsuri
- What is Uotsuri the ellipsis of?
- Uotsuri is the ellipsis of Uotsuri Island.
- How do you pronounce Uotsuri?
- Uotsuri is pronounced /ˌuːoʊˈtsʊəɹi/.
Words near Uotsuri in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Uotsuri (page history and authors); Uotsuri Island (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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