English
Tanegashima
Tanegashima comes from Japanese 種子島 ‘多禰島, 多禰嶋: Tanegashima’.
- Japanesemodern種子島‘多禰島, 多禰嶋: Tanegashima’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Tanegashima
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern種子島‘多禰島, 多禰嶋: Tanegashima’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Tanegashima
Earliest quotation: 2023, Mindy Weisberger: “The skulls belonged to individuals from the Hirota people,…”
Every English word from Japanese 種子島
Today it means
name An island belonging to the Ōsumi Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 種子島 / Tanegashima