Iturup
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Russian Итуру́п (Iturúp), itself from Ainu エツ゚ヲロㇷ゚シㇼ (Etuworop-sir, “island with many capes”). Doublet of Etrof, from the Japanese rendition of the same Ainu toponym.
Proper noun
[edit]Iturup
- The largest and northernmost island in the southern Kuril Islands, disputed between <<c/Japan,Russia>.