Kurile Islands
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Kurile Islands
First recorded in 1760–70 as Kuriles
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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
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
The Yalta cession to Russia of the southern Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands will be recognized as permanent only if Russia signs the treaty as a whole.
From Time Magazine Archive
All over Yezo and the Kurile Islands remains of an extinct race of pit-dwellers are to be seen.
From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by A. H. Savage Landor
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