English Explanatory Dictionary

Iturup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The largest and northernmost island in the southern Kuril Islands, disputed between Japan and Russia.

Word forms

Iturup

Etymology

From Russian Итуру́п (Iturúp), itself from Ainu エツ゚ヲロㇷ゚シㇼ (Etuworop-sir, “island with many capes”). Doublet of Etrof, from the Japanese rendition of the same Ainu toponym, Japanese 択捉 (Etorofu).

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