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
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
The Japanese, who take hope from recent negotiations with the Soviets over the Kurile Islands, urged Cheney to keep U.S. pressure on the Kremlin to reduce its military strength in Asia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even aside from its unresolved dispute with Moscow about the Kurile Islands, Tokyo has viewed funds poured into the chaotic Russian economy as money thrown away.
From Time Magazine Archive
This phenomenon was to be explained later, when more was known as to the direction taken by the polar current, which, issuing from Behring Strait, washes the shores of Kamtchatka, the Kurile Islands, and Yezo.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.
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