English Explanatory Dictionary

Sakhalin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The largest island of Russia, off its eastern coast.
  2. An oblast of Russia, located on the island.

Pronunciation

/ˌsækəˈliːn/ /ˌsæx-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sakhalin.wav

Word forms

Sakhalin Saghalien Seghalien

Etymology

From Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), which was borrowed from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”), probably from the expression Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ ᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡥᠠᡩᠠ (sahaliyan ula angga hada, “the peak at the estuary of the Amur river (literally: black river)”). Ultimately from Proto-Tungusic *sakalīn (“black”).

Synonyms

Karafuto Kuye

Related words

Toyohara Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky

Derived words

Sakhalin Husky Sakhalin wolf

Translations

Ainu: カムイ・カラ・プト・ヤ・モシリ Ainu: カラㇷ゚ト Arabic: سَخَالِين Armenian: Սախալին Azerbaijani: Saxalin Azerbaijani: Сахалин Belarusian: Сахалі́н Bengali: সাখালিন Bulgarian: Сахали́н Catalan: Sakhalín Chinese Mandarin: 薩哈林 /萨哈林 Chinese Mandarin: 庫頁 /库页 Chinese Mandarin: 樺太 /桦太 Chinese Mandarin: 库页岛 Czech: Sachalin Danish: Sakhalin Dutch: Sachalin Estonian: Sahhalin Finnish: Sahalin French: Sakhaline Georgian: სახალინი German: Sachalin Greek: Σαχαλίνη Hebrew: סחלין Hindi: साख़ालिन Italian: Sachalin Japanese: 樺太 Japanese: サハリン Korean: 사할린 Korean: 화태 Korean: 고혈 Latvian: Sahalīna Lithuanian: Sachalinas Macedonian: Сахали́н Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ ᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡥᠠᡩᠠ Manchu: ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᠮᡝᡩᡝᡵᡳ ᡨᡠᠨ Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ Manchu: ᡴᡠᠶᡝ ᡶᡳᠶᠠᡴᠠ Marathi: सखालिन Mongolian: Сахалин Nivkh: Чока Nivkh: Ых Миф Nivkh: Лыр Миф Nivkh: Ту Миф Nivkh: Лер Миф Orok: Бу́ғата на̄ Polish: Sachalin Portuguese: Sacalina Romanian: Sahalin Russian: Сахали́н Serbo-Croatian: Сахалин Serbo-Croatian: Sahalin Slovak: Sachalin Slovene: Sahalin Spanish: Sajalín Swedish: Sachalin
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