Sakurajima
English
Etymology
A romanization of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 桜島 ("Cherry Island").
Proper noun
Sakurajima
- (placename) A volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Bay, one of the IAVCEI's 17 Decade Volcanoes.
- (placename) Its surrounding area, an island prior to the 1914 explosion and now a peninsula.
Synonyms
(island, peninsula):
(volcano):
Noun
Sakurajima (plural Sakurajimas)
- (Japanese cuisine, botany) Its eponymous giant white radish (“桜島大根”), cultivated nearby since at least the 18th century.