Saghalien
Britishnoun
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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
The same instinct that led Russia from the mouth of the Amur to Vladivostok prompted the acquisition of Saghalien also, which, as already related, was accomplished in 1875.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
The island of Saghalien, however, separated from Yesso by a strait only twenty-five miles wide, forms a connection with Amoorland in about 52� N. Lat.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel
In other words," put in Maas, "you are conniving at the escape of a Russian convict from Saghalien.
From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy
Afterwards he was despatched to the island of Saghalien, where he now is.
From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy
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