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A 2013-05-17 23:17:41 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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A* 2013-05-17 23:00:16 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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on the other hand 'Ryukyu Islands' does appear in english dictionaries with this meaning. perhaps best to have both, as above with an xref and an explanation |
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-<gloss>Nansei Islands (southwestern islands off Kyushu and in the Okinawan archipelago)</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2093650">琉球諸島</xref>
+<gloss>Nansei Islands</gloss>
+<gloss>Ryukyu Islands</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan</gloss> |
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A 2013-05-17 22:50:27 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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english wikipedia is wrong. the two terms are not equivalent. ref = any japanese dictionary, e.g. kojien:
なんせい‐しょとう【南西諸島】‥タウ
九州南端から台湾北東端の間に弧状に続く諸島の総称。太平洋と東シナ海とを画する。大隅諸島・とから列島・奄美諸島から成る北半部の薩南諸島と、沖縄諸島・先島諸島から成る南半部の琉球諸島とに大別。
or:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/南西諸島
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/琉球諸島 |
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the Nansei Islands include the Ryukyu Islands among others |
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A* 2013-05-17 09:50:45 Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
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The Ryukyu Islands (琉球諸島), known in Japanese as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, lit.
"Southwest Islands") and also known as the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧 Ryūkyū-ko?), are a chain of
volcanic Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands |
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-<gloss>Nansei-shoto (southwestern islands off Kyushu and in the Okinawan archipelago)</gloss>
+<gloss>Ryukyu Islands</gloss>
+<gloss>Nansei Islands (southwestern islands off Kyushu and in the Okinawan archipelago)</gloss> |
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A 2007-03-28 00:00:00
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Entry created |