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Saghalien

British  
/ səˈɡɑːljən /

noun

  1. a variant of Sakhalin

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mailman In Estori, Saghalien, Japan, hating to deliver mail over rough roads, a mailman saved up the mail for three years planning to deliver all at one trip.

From Time Magazine Archive

Afterwards he was despatched to the island of Saghalien, where he now is.

From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy

Nevertheless, Russian subjects, their shores being contiguous with those of Japan, occasionally found their way as sailors or colonists into the waters of Saghalien, the Kuriles, and Yezo.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

Many from other districts are pale or yellowish brown, and those from Saghalien are poor in quality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

I was there when I went to Saghalien.

From Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov by Bunin, I. A.

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