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Uotsuri Island

/ˌuːoʊˈtsʊəɹi/

Uotsuri Island proper noun: an island in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in the Senkaku Islands.

uotsuri island: an island in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in the Senkaku Islands
Image: Army Map Service (NSND), Corps of Engineers, 1954, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Proper noun

Uotsuri Island

  1. 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
    • Japan sent home the first of a group of Chinese activists and reporters late on Friday, two days after arresting them on the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.
      Five were detained on the Uotsuri Island for violating immigration laws, while the other nine were picked up...2012 August 17, “Japan deports pro-China activists”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2022, News

Synonyms of Uotsuri Island

Origin of Uotsuri Island

From Japanese 魚釣島(うおつりしま) (uotsurishima).

Questions about Uotsuri Island

What does Uotsuri Island mean?
Uotsuri Island means an island in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in the Senkaku Islands.
What part of speech is Uotsuri Island?
Uotsuri Island is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Uotsuri Island?
Uotsuri Island is pronounced /ˌuːoʊˈtsʊəɹi/.

Words near Uotsuri Island in the dictionary

  1. UOP
  2. UOR
  3. uORF
  4. uORFs
  5. Uotsuri
  6. Uotsuri Island
  7. Uotsuri-shima
  8. up
  9. up a close
  10. up a creek
  11. up a creek without a paddle

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