"Liukiu" meaning in All languages combined

See Liukiu on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Liukiu
  1. (archaic) Synonym of Ryukyu (“island chain”) Tags: archaic Synonyms: Ryukyu [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Liukiu-en-name-0RxT6K9b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2009 [1898], Jenichiro Oyabe, “Wandering on the South Sea”, in Greg Robinson, Yujin Yaguchi, editors, A Japanese Robinson Crusoe, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 82–83:",
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