Ryukyu
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Ryukyu
First recorded in 1930–45; from Japanese Ryūkyū Shōto “Ryukyu Archipelago”
Example Sentences
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They conducted fieldwork during three flowering seasons between 2020 and 2022 on five islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024
Two U.S. aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan, had been operating around the geopolitically important Ryukyu Islands in the Philippine Sea since Thursday, Global Times cited a Beijing-based think tank as saying.
From Reuters • Jun. 12, 2023
Japan has been quietly building up its firepower in locations near the potential combat zone, establishing new military bases along the southern Ryukyu Islands chain, notably on the islands of Ishigaki and Miyako.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2023
During the day, pale thrushes and Ryukyu robins visited the bright red fruits, but the birds tended to consume only a little bit of fruit at a time.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023
The assistance of even Korea, Ryukyu, and Holland was requisitioned, and the Bakufu treasury presented 700,000 ryo of gold.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
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