Ryukyu

Ryūkyū English + Islands Ryukyu Islands Alternative forms en Ryūkyū, en Riukiu Etymology From en ja 琉球 Ryūkyū, from en ltc - 流求, a Chinese exonym for the island kingdom, of unclear origin. en Liuqiu. Pronunciation en /ˈɹjuːkjuː/ /ɹiˈuːkjuː/ Proper noun A chain of islands in Japan roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan. en the Ryukyus en 1888 April H. T. Stainton Nepticula Serella, N. SP. https://archive.org/details/entomologistsm24188788oxf/ w:Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 0013-8908 633248149 261 https://archive.org/details/entomologistsm24188788oxf/page/261/ 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. en 05/29/2015 Volcano erupts on remote southern Japanese island https://web.archive.org/web/20151023041033/https://www.dw.com/en/volcano-erupts-on-remote-southern-japanese-island/a-18484023 23 October 2015 https://www.dw.com/en/volcano-erupts-on-remote-southern-japanese-island/a-18484023 w:Deutsche Welle Japan About 140 people live on Kuchinoerabu island in the Ryukyu archipelago, which is approximately 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of the main southern island of Kyushu. Synonyms from Mandarin Chinese en Liuqiu, en Liuchiu Derived terms en Ryukyuan Translations Japanese island chain Ainu: ain Azerbaijani: az Rükü Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 琉球 Liúqiú, cmn 琉球群島 Liúqiú qúndǎo, cmn 琉球諸島 Liúqiú zhūdǎo, cmn 琉球列島 Liúqiú lièdǎo Dutch: nl Riukiu, nl Riukiu-eilanden, nl Ryukyu/nl Ryūkyū, nl Ryukyu-eilanden, nl Rjoekjoe obsolete, nl Rjoetsjoe obsolete French: fr Ryūkyū, fr Ryukyu, fr Riou-Kiou, fr Riou Kiou, fr Ryu-Kyu, fr Ryu Kyu, fr Lou-tchou, fr Liou-tchou, fr Liou-Tchou, fr Lieou-Kieou, fr Liéou-Kiéou Japanese: ja 琉球 りゅうきゅう, Ryūkyū, ja 琉球諸島 りゅうきゅうしょとう, Ryūkyū-shotō, ja 南西諸島 なんせいしょとう, Nansei-shotō Korean: ko ^류큐 제도 Manchu: mnc ᠯᡳᠣ ᡴᡳᠣ, mnc ᠯᡳᠣ ᠴᡳᠣ Marathi: mr र्‍यूक्यू f Okinawan: ryu 琉球 るーちゅー, Rūchū, どぅーちゅー, Dūchū Polish: pl Riukiu n Portuguese: pt Ilhas Léquias f Russian: ru Рюкю́ m indeclinable Slovak: sk Rjúkju n RjúkjúNázvy geografických objektov z územia mimo SR 2022 54 https://www.skgeodesy.sk/files/sk/slovensky/ugkk/geodezia-kartografia/standardizacia-geografickeho-nazvoslovia/nazvy-geografickych-objektov-z-uzemia-mimo-sr/exonyma-januar_2022.pdf Vietnamese: vi Lưu Cầu References Further reading Ryukyu, Riukiu en 1952 Ryukyu Islands Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1618 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1618/ 2 Formerly sometimes spelled Liukiu, Liu-ch’iu, Lu-chu, Loo-choo, and Riukiu. en 1998 Ryukyu Islands Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2674 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2674/ 1, 2 Other forms of the name are Lu-chu, Loo-choo, Liu-kiu, and Riukiu. en Islands Places in Japan