Shikoku

American  

[shee-kaw-koo] / ˈʃi kɔˌku /

noun

1. an island in SW Japan, S of Honshu: the smallest of the main islands of Japan. 7,249 sq. mi. (18,775 sq. km).

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Shikoku British  

/ ˈʃiːkəʊˌkuː /

noun

1. the smallest of the four main islands of Japan, separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea: forested and mountainous. Pop: 4 137 000 (2002 est). Area: 17 759 sq km (6857 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The Nuclear Regulation Authority said that no abnormalities were reported from four reactors operating at three nuclear power plants in Shikoku and Kyushu.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024

For the coming 24 hours, rainfall of 200-300 mm was forecast for the Kyushu, Shikoku, Kinki and Tokai regions, while the Amami region was expected to get 100-200 mm.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2023

In my limited Japanese and their limited English, they told me that they were all from Shikoku.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Continuing south, the next island is Shikoku, and finally Kyushu, which is closest to the Asian mainland.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

But this contributed little to the solution of the vital problem, how to get at the Taira in Shikoku and in Kyushu.

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