Sakishima

American  

[sah-ki-shee-muh, sah-kee-shee-muh, sah-kee-shee-mah] / ˌsɑ kɪˈʃi mə, ˌsɑ kiˈʃi mə, sɑˈki ʃi mɑ /

noun

1. a group of islands in the S Ryukyu Islands, off Taiwan and belonging to Japan.

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Example Sentences

Residents on Japan’s southern Sakishima Island chain, which includes the Okinawa Islands, were already preparing for the approaching typhoon when a warning siren woke them up Wednesday to alert them of a North Korean rocket launch.

From Seattle Times

On Thursday, Japan’s Defense Ministry said it spotted a Chinese Y-9 electronic warfare aircraft flying over the Sakishima islands, although it did not violate Japanese airspace.

From Seattle Times

Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera told reporters that Japan had done nothing to interfere with the exercises, which he said were carried out in the sea southeast of the Sakishima island chain, south of the disputed islands known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.

From Reuters

Pacific forces for the first time, struck at the Sakishima island group.

From Time Magazine Archive