English Explanatory Dictionary

Karafuto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Japanese name for Sakhalin (island in Russia)
  2. a Japanese prefecture (Karafuto-chō) on the South Sakhalin, commonly called South Sakhalin from 1905 to 1945.

Word forms

Karafuto

Etymology

From Japanese 樺太 (Karafuto).

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