liancourt rocks
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A group of islets located in the Sea of Japan, administered as part of Ulleung County, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, and claimed by the Japan and North Korea.
Example Sentences
- "From May to July 1856, H.M.S. Hornet had little or no current either in this sea or in Korea strait; but in the latter end of July and the month of August it ran strong to the N.E., on one occasion as much as 48 miles in twenty-four hours; it, however, gradually decreased as the vessel proceeded to the northward. These currents were evidently much influenced by the wind, for on one occasion, in the vicinity of the Liancourt rocks, she was set 1½ miles an hour to the S.E."
- "Liancourt Rocks/Dokdo Islands The Liancourt Rocks, or Takeshima (たけしま) in Japanese and Dokdo (독도) in Korean, include two rocky islands and a group of smaller rocks. Both South Korea and Japan claim the islands. They were managed by Japan up to 1945 and by South Korea after 1953."
- "Elsewhere in the region, South Korea's foreign ministry hit back at the report because it reiterated Japan's claim over the disputed Liancourt Rocks, which are administered by Seoul."