五島

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Chinese[edit]

five island
trad. (五島)
simp. (五岛)
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Etymology[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 五島 (Gotō).

Pronunciation[edit]


Proper noun[edit]

五島

  1. () Gotō (a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
とう
Grade: 3
kan’on
 五島 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

()(とう) (gotōごたう (gotau)?

  1. (literal) five islands

Proper noun[edit]

()(とう) (Gotōごたう (Gotau)?

  1. Short for 五島列島 (Gotō Rettō, Gotō Islands).
  2. A city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
  3. a surname

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