"島々" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕima̠ʑima̠] Forms: 島々 [canonical] (ruby: (しま), (じま)), shimajima [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720. Reduplication of 島 (shima, “island”). The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=しまじま}} Old Japanese, {{reduplication|ja|島|sort=しまじま|t=island|tr=shima}} Reduplication of 島 (shima, “island”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|島々}} しましま', {{rendaku2|shima|jima}} The shima changes to jima as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|しまじま}} 島(しま)々(じま) • (shimajima)
  1. (many) islands Wikipedia link: Daijisen#Online_search_engines, Iwanami Shoten, Kōjien, Nihon Shoki, Shinmura Izuru, Tōkyō, ja:広辞苑 Synonyms: 島嶼 [uncommon]

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