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okinotorishima

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
okino-tor-ishi-ma
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island of Japan, properly two rocks on a coral reef atoll

name

A coral reef atoll of Japan, currently containing two natural rocks (islets) and an artificial rock (islet), located between Guam and Taiwan, in the Philippine Sea

Etymology

From Japanese 沖ノ鳥島 (Okinotorishima, literally “open sea bird island”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 沖ノ鳥島

Inflected Forms

Okinotori-shima (alternative) Oki-no-tori Shima (alternative) Okinotori (alternative) Oki-no-Tori (alternative) Okinotorishima Island (alternative) Okinotorishima Islet (alternative) Island of Okinotorishima (alternative) Islet of Okinotorishima (alternative) Okinotori Island (alternative) Okinotori Islet (alternative) Island of Okinotori (alternative) Islet of Okinotori (alternative)

Synonyms

atoll Parece Vela

Questions

What does okinotorishima mean?
An island of Japan, properly two rocks on a coral reef atoll
Where does okinotorishima come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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