Tsushima

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Tsushima Island and Strait in the Korea Strait between the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan

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Etymology

Romanized from Japanese 対馬 (Tsushima). Unrelated to the Japanese word (shima, island). When the primary island is specifically described in Japanese, 対馬 takes on the separate pronunciations Tsushimajima or Tsushimatō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsuːʃiːmə/, /suːʃiːmə/

Proper noun

Tsushima

  1. An island in Nagasaki, Japan, between the Home Islands and Korea, now divided by early modern canals.
  2. A city in Nagasaki, Japan, coterminous with the main island of Tsushima.
  3. An archipelago in Nagasaki, Japan, surrounding the main island of Tsushima.
  4. A strait in Japan, between Tsushima Island and the Home Islands, the location of a major 1905 battle in the Russo-Japanese War.
    • 1952 July, the late H. Carew, “By Special Train in the Far East”, in Railway Magazine, page 488:
      In 1905, the Russo-Japanese war fought itself to a standstill, and with the destruction of Rozhiestvensky's fleet at Tsushima, the Japanese, for financial reasons, had to put out feelers for peace.

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Japanese

Romanization

Tsushima

  1. Rōmaji transcription of つしま