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Borrowed from Russian Кури́лы (Kuríly). One theory suggests that its name is ultimately from Ainu クㇽ (“a person”).
the Kuril Islands pl (plural only)
- An archipelago between Japan and Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean.
- Synonyms: Kurils, Kuriles
archipelago between Japan and Kamchatka
- Arabic: جُزُر اَلْكُورِيل pl (juzur al-kurīl)
- Armenian: Կուրիլյան կղզիներ (hy) (Kurilyan kġziner)
- Belarusian: Куры́льскія вы́спы f pl (Kurýlʹskija výspy), Куры́лы pl (Kurýly)
- Bengali: কুরিল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (kuril dippunjo)
- Bulgarian: Кури́лски острови pl (Kurílski ostrovi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 千島群島 / 千岛群岛 (zh) (Qiāndǎo qúndǎo), 庫里爾列島 / 库里尔列岛 (Kùlǐ'ěr lièdǎo)
- Czech: Kurilské ostrovy (cs) pl, Kurily
- Danish: Kurilerne
- Estonian: Kuriilid pl
- Finnish: Kuriilit pl
- French: Îles Kouriles f pl
- German: Kurilen (de) pl
- Hebrew: האיים הקוריליים
- Hungarian: Kuril-szigetek (hu) pl
- Icelandic: Kúrileyjar f pl
- Italian: Isole Curili pl
- Japanese: 千島列島 (ja) (ちしまれっとう, Chishima rettō), クリル列島 (ja) (クリルれっとう, Kuriru rettō)
- Korean: 쿠릴 열도 (ko) (Kuril yeoldo), 천도 열도 (Cheondo yeoldo)
- Latin: Insulae Curilenses f pl
- Low German:
- German Low German: Kurilen
- Mongolian: Курилийн арлууд (Kuriliin arluud)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Kurilene m pl
- Nynorsk: Kurilane m pl
- Polish: Wyspy Kurylskie (pl) nvir pl, Kuryle (pl) nvir pl
- Portuguese: Ilhas Curilas pl
- Russian: Кури́льские острова́ (ru) m pl (Kurílʹskije ostrová), Кури́лы (ru) pl (Kuríly)
- Spanish: Islas Kuriles pl
- Swedish: Kurilerna
- Ukrainian: Кури́льські острови́ m pl (Kurýlʹsʹki ostrový), Кури́ли pl (Kurýly)
- Uyghur: كۇرىل ئاراللىرى (kuril aralliri)
- Vietnamese: quần đảo Kuril
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