Kurile Islands
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Kurile Islands
First recorded in 1760–70 as Kuriles
Example Sentences
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In 1875, Japan relinquished its claims to the island in exchange for complete control over the Kurile Islands.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Colonel Broome, the advance officer of the British world fliers, arrived from the North at the Kurile Islands off Japan, after a two months' adventurous and turbulent voyage in the Canadian trawler Thiepval.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only a day before Ike traveled to Boston for a foreign-policy speech, Russian MIGs stationed in the Kurile Islands shot down a U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
He called attention to the new Russian position in Northeast Asia, which had been greatly strengthened by acquisition of the Kurile Islands, occupation of northern Korea and half-ownership and control of Manchuria's principal railroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
They then passed between Marikon Island and the Island of the Four Brothers, calling the strait—the finest amongst the Kurile Islands, through which they penetrated—La Boudeuse.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon
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