sakurajima
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A volcano in Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, one of the IAVCEI's 17 Decade Volcanoes.
name
A former island and peninsula in Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. The volcano's surrounding area, an island prior to the 1914 explosion and now a peninsula.
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A neighbourhood and former town in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
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An asteroid in Main Belt, Solar System.
noun
Its eponymous giant white radish (“桜島大根”), cultivated nearby since at least the 18th century.
noun
Its eponymous citrus fruit (“桜島小みかん”), an orange cultivated nearby.
Etymology
From Japanese 桜島 (sakurajima, “Cherry Island”), from 桜 (sakura, “cherry tree, cherry blossom”) + 島 (shima, “island”). From its appearance like a cherry tree in bloom, when from a volcanic eruption, hot rock rains down onto the slopes, lighting up the island volcano.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 桜島
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
Sakura-jima
Sakurajima Island
Sakurajima Peninsula
Sakurajima Mountain
Sakurajima Volcano
10516
10516 (1989 VQ)
1989 VQ
10516 (1989 VQ) Sakurajima
10516 Sakurajima
sakurajima
Sakurajima daikon