Ryukyu

See also: Ryūkyū

English

Alternative forms

• (historical) Loochoo, Loo Choo, Lewchew, Lew Chew
• Ryūkyū

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 琉球 (Ryūkyū), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 流求 (ljuw-gjuw), a Chinese exonym for the island kingdom, of unclear origin. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 琉球 (Liúqiú).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹjuːkjuː/, /ɹiˈuːkjuː/

Proper noun

Ryukyu

1. A chain of islands roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan.

Translations

Ryūkyū, Japan

• Ainu: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 琉球 (zh) (Liúqiú), 琉球群島／琉球群岛 (zh) (Liúqiú Qúndǎo), 琉球群岛 (zh) (Liúqiú qúndǎo), 琉球諸島／琉球诸岛, 琉球诸岛 (Liúqiú zhūdǎo), 琉球列島／琉球列岛, 琉球列岛 (Liúqiú lièdǎo)

• Japanese: 琉球 (ja) (りゅうきゅう, Ryūkyū), 琉球諸島 (りゅうきゅうしょとう, Ryūkyū-shotō), 南西諸島 (なんせいしょとう, Nansei-shotō)
• Korean: 류큐 제도 (Ryukyu jedo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Manchu: ᠯᡳᠣ
  ᡴᡳᠣ (lio kio)
• Okinawan: 琉球 (るーちゅー, Rūchū, どぅーちゅー, Dūchū)
• Russian: Рюкю́ (ru) m (Rjukjú) (indeclinable)
• Vietnamese: Lưu Cầu