"諸島" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞to̞ː] Forms: 諸島 [canonical] (ruby: (しょ), (とう)), shotō [romanization], syotau [romanization], しょたう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょとう|hhira=しょたう}} 諸(しょ)島(とう) • (shotō) ^(←しょたう (syotau)?)
  1. an archipelago (group of islands) Related terms: 列島 (rettō) (ruby: (れっ), (とう)), 群島 (guntō) (ruby: (ぐん), (とう))
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Download raw JSONL data for 諸島 meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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