Shikoku

See also: shikoku

English

The island of Shikoku.

Etymology

From 四国 (しこく, Shikoku, “four provinces”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 四 (sìj "four") + 國 (kwok "state", "country").

Proper noun

Shikoku

1. The fourth-largest of Japan's islands.

Coordinate terms

• Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu

Translations

Japanese island

• Arabic: شِيكُوكُو m (šikūkū)
• Armenian: Սիկոկու (Sikoku)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四國／四国 (zh) (sìguó), 四国 (zh) (Sìguó)

• Hebrew: שיקוקו
• Hindi: शिकोकू (śikokū)
• Japanese: 四国 (ja) (しこく, Shikoku)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 시코쿠 (Sikoku)
• Lithuanian: Šikoku
• Macedonian: Шико́ку n (Šikóku)
• Marathi: शिकोकु (śikoku)
• Russian: Сико́ку m (Sikóku)
• Turkish: Shikoku, Şikoku

---

Japanese

Romanization

Shikoku

1. Rōmaji transcription of しこく