diaoyu islands
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A chain of islands in the East China Sea: the People's Republic of China (mainland China) name.
Example Sentences
- "When Japan annexed the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in 1895, it detached them from Taiwan and placed them under Okinawa Prefecture. Moreover, the Japanese name “Senkaku Islands” itself was first introduced in 1900 by academic Kuroiwa Hisashi and adopted by the Japanese government thereafter. Half a century later when Japan returned Taiwan to China, both sides adopted the 1945 administrative arrangement of Taiwan, with the Chinese unaware that the uninhabited “Senkaku Islands” were in fact the former Diaoyu Islands. This explains the belated protest from Taipei and Beijing over U.S. administration of the islands after the war."
- "Beijing and Tokyo are involved in sovereignty disputes over the Diaoyu Islands, known as Senkaku in Japan, in the East China Sea."
- "China’s Taiwan refers to Taiwan province (including Taiwan Island, Orchid Island, Green Island, Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands, and the Penghu Islands) and Fujian province’s Jinmen, Mazu, Wuqiu and other islands, with a total land area of 36,000 square kilometers."
Etymology
Partial calque from Mandarin 釣魚島／钓鱼岛 (Diàoyúdǎo).