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Kuril Islands
[ koor-il ahy-luhnz, koo-reel ]
plural noun
- a chain of more than 55 small volcanic islands off the northeast coast of Asia, extending from northern Japan to the southern tip of Kamchatka: under Russian administration since Soviet invasion 1945, but subject to dispute, as with Japan’s ongoing claim to the four southernmost islands.
Kuril Islands
/ kʊˈriːl /
plural noun
- a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles) Japanese nameChishima
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Kuril Islands1
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Russian Kuríl'skiye Ostrová, from Ainu kur “man”
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Example Sentences
And then the Aleutian and Kuril Islands make a sort of breakwater to head off big bergs.
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