Etymograph

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Minamitorishima

Minamitorishima comes from Japanese 南鳥島.

  1. Japanesemodern南鳥島literally ‘Southern Bird Island’
  2. EnglishtodayMinamitorishima

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern南鳥島literally ‘Southern Bird Island’
  2. EnglishtodayMinamitorishima

Today it means

name An isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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

Etymograph / Japanese 南鳥島 / Minamitorishima