Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hateruma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hateru-ma
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Example Sentences

"Five of the missiles fired by China landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone off Hateruma, an island far south of Japan’s main islands, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said. He said Japan protested the missile landings to China as “serious threats to Japan’s national security and the safety of the Japanese people.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 波照間 (Hateruma).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 波照間

Questions

What does hateruma mean?: An island in the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa, Japan. This is the southernmost inhabited island in Japan.
Where does hateruma come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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