Etymograph

English

Hateruma

Hateruma comes from Japanese 波照間.

  1. Japanesemodern波照間Hateruma
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Hateruma

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Japanesemodern波照間Hateruma
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Hateruma

Earliest quotation: 2022, Huizhong Wu, China claims ‘precision missile strikes’ in Taiwan Strait: “Five of the missiles fired by China landed in…”

Today it means

name An island in the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa, Japan. This is the southernmost inhabited island in Japan.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Japanese 波照間 / Hateruma