Kurile Islands

[ koor-il ahy-luhnz, koo-reel ]

plural noun

1. older spelling of Kuril Islands.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kurile Islands¹

First recorded in 1760–70 as Kuriles

Example Sentences

In this year the Company took formal possession of all the Kurile Islands.

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The aboriginal population is about six thousand, including a few hundred dwellers on the Kurile Islands.

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The original paganism of Japan is probably to be studied in the Kurile Islands.

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All over Yezo and the Kurile Islands remains of an extinct race of pit-dwellers are to be seen.

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At the same time I gained from them valuable information as regards the neighbouring country and the Kurile Islands.

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